It’s not the chatter of people around us that is the most powerful distractor, but rather the chatter of our own minds. Utter concentration demands these inner voices be stilled. Start to subtract sevens successively from 100 and, if you keep your focus on the task, your chatter zone goes quiet.
Daniel Goleman
Mental Focus, Inner Calm, Mind Training, Distraction, Clarity, Mindset
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“The goal of attunement is not simply continual meshing, with an utter entrainment of every thought and feeling; it also includes giving each other space to be alone as needed. This cycle of connectedness strikes a balance between the individual’s needs and the couple’s. As one family therapist put it, “The more a couple can be apart, the more they can be together.”” Daniel Goleman
Relationship Balance, Emotional Space, Intimacy Growth, Communication, Partnership, Trust
Daniel Goleman Relationship Balance, Emotional Space, Intimacy Growth, Communication, Partnership, Trust“One aspect of a successful relationship is not just how compatible you are, but how you deal with your incompatibility.” Daniel Goleman
Relationship Skills, Emotional Balance, Successful Bonding, Compatibility, Challenges, Deal
Daniel Goleman Relationship Skills, Emotional Balance, Successful Bonding, Compatibility, Challenges, Deal“Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. HORACE WALPOLE.” Daniel Goleman
Life Perspective, Emotional Balance, Thinking Mindset, Humor, Emotion, Reflection
Daniel Goleman Life Perspective, Emotional Balance, Thinking Mindset, Humor, Emotion, Reflection“The more socially intelligent you are, the happier and more robust and more enjoyable your relationships will be.” Daniel Goleman
Social Intelligence, Emotional Skills, Happiness, Connection, Relationships, Success
Daniel Goleman Social Intelligence, Emotional Skills, Happiness, Connection, Relationships, Success“In any interaction the more high-power person tends to focus his or her gaze on the other person less than others, and is more likely to interrupt and to monopolize the conversation – all signifying a lack of attention.” Daniel Goleman
Conversation Habits, Emotional Attention, Social Dynamics, Gaze, Communication, Power
Daniel Goleman Conversation Habits, Emotional Attention, Social Dynamics, Gaze, Communication, Power“Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn’t a chance.” Daniel Goleman
Attention Building, Emotional Empathy, Connection Focus, Attention, Empathy, Connection
Daniel Goleman Attention Building, Emotional Empathy, Connection Focus, Attention, Empathy, Connection“Academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life. The brightest among us can founder on the shoals of unbridled passions and unruly impulses; people with high IQs can be stunningly poor pilots of their private lives.” Daniel Goleman
IQ Limits, Emotional Competence, Passion, Self-Reflection, Intelligence, Decision
Daniel Goleman IQ Limits, Emotional Competence, Passion, Self-Reflection, Intelligence, Decision“In fact, people who are extremely adept at mental tasks that demand cognitive control and a roaring working memory – like solving complex math problems – can struggle with creative insights if they have trouble switching off their fully concentrated focus.” Daniel Goleman
Cognitive Control, Mental Focus, Creative Thinking, Balance, Insight, Adaptability
Daniel Goleman Cognitive Control, Mental Focus, Creative Thinking, Balance, Insight, Adaptability“Companies in the East put a lot more emphasis on human relationships, while those from the West focus on the product, the bottom line. Westerners appear to have more of a need for achievement, while in the East there's more need for affiliation.” Daniel Goleman
Cultural Differences, Human Relationships, Leadership Focus, Eastern Culture, Western Mindset, Affiliations
Daniel Goleman Cultural Differences, Human Relationships, Leadership Focus, Eastern Culture, Western Mindset, Affiliations“Just seeing someone express an emotion can evoke that mood, whether you realize you mimic the facial expression or not. This happens to us all the time – there’s a dance, a synchrony, a transmission of emotions. This mood synchrony determines whether you feel an interaction went well or not.” Daniel Goleman
Emotion Mirroring, Emotional Connection, Mood Synchrony, Empathy, Emotions, Interaction
Daniel Goleman Emotion Mirroring, Emotional Connection, Mood Synchrony, Empathy, Emotions, Interaction“The industrial processes in use today were developed at a time when no one had to consider what the environmental impact was. Who cared? But making ecological concerns matter to a company’s bottom line will help it do the research and development that will reinvent everything we buy.” Daniel Goleman
Ecological Impact, Sustainable Future, Environment, Responsibility, Business, Change
Daniel Goleman Ecological Impact, Sustainable Future, Environment, Responsibility, Business, Change“Emotional resilience comes down to how quickly we recover from upsets. People who are highly resilient – who bounce back right away – can have as much as thirty times more activation in the left prefrontal area than those who are less resilient.” Daniel Goleman
Resilience Habits, Emotional Recovery, Mental Strength, Resilience, Emotional, Recovery
Daniel Goleman Resilience Habits, Emotional Recovery, Mental Strength, Resilience, Emotional, Recovery“A leader tuned out of his internal world will be rudderless; one blind to the world of others will be clueless; those indifferent to the larger systems within which they operate will be blindsided.” Daniel Goleman
Leadership Failure, Emotional Blindness, Leadership Focus, Intuition, Vision, Strength
Daniel Goleman Leadership Failure, Emotional Blindness, Leadership Focus, Intuition, Vision, Strength“Whenever you notice your mind wandering, a fundamental instruction in meditation advises, “bring your mind back to its point of focus.” The operative phrase here is whenever you notice. As our mind drifts off, we almost never notice the moment it launches into some other orbit on its own.” Daniel Goleman
Mindfulness Practice, Emotional Focus, Meditation, Awareness, Attention, Concentration
Daniel Goleman Mindfulness Practice, Emotional Focus, Meditation, Awareness, Attention, Concentration“We learn best with focused attention. As we focus on what we’re learning, the brain maps that information on what we already know making new neural connections.” Daniel Goleman
Neural Connections, Learning Process, Brain Mapping, Memory, Discipline, Study
Daniel Goleman Neural Connections, Learning Process, Brain Mapping, Memory, Discipline, Study“Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings. This is part of teaching emotional literacy – a set of skills we can all develop, including the ability to read, understand, and respond appropriately to one’s own emotions and the emotions of others.” Daniel Goleman
Emotional Literacy, Teaching Skills, Emotional Education, Self-awareness, Leadership, Empathy
Daniel Goleman Emotional Literacy, Teaching Skills, Emotional Education, Self-awareness, Leadership, Empathy“You see it in jazz musicians, who never rehearse exactly what they do, but just seem to know when to take center stage, when to fade into the background. When jazz artists were compared with classical musicians in brain function, they showed more neural indicators of self-awareness.15 As one jazz artist put it, “In jazz you have to tune in to how your body is feeling so you know when to riff.” Daniel Goleman
Musical Self-awareness, Emotional Intuition, Jazz Performance, Awareness, Rhythm, Music
Daniel Goleman Musical Self-awareness, Emotional Intuition, Jazz Performance, Awareness, Rhythm, Music“The people we get along with, trust, feel simpatico with, are the strongest links in our networks.” Daniel Goleman
Social Bonds, Emotional Trust, Relationship Strength, Bonds, Trust, Relationship
Daniel Goleman Social Bonds, Emotional Trust, Relationship Strength, Bonds, Trust, Relationship