If Your Emotional Abilities Aren't In Hand,

Emotional Self-control-- Delaying Gratification And Stifling Impulsiveness- Underlies Accomplishment Of Every Sort

The Act Of Compassion Begins With Full Attention, Just As Rapport Does. You Have To Really See The Person. If You See The Person, Then Naturally, Empathy Arises. If You Tune Into The Other Person, You Feel With Them. If Empathy Arises, And If That Person Is In Dire Need, Then Empathic Concern Can Come. You Want To Help Them, And Then That Begins A Compassionate Act. So I'd Say That Compassion Begins With Attention.

Gifted Leadership Occurs When Heart And Head--feeling And Thought--meet. These Are The Two Winds That Allow A Leader To Soar.

Research Shows That For Jobs Of All Kinds, Emotional Intelligence Is Twice As Important An Ingredient Of Outstanding Performance As Cognitive Ability And Technical Skill Combined.

The Human Brain Is By No Means Fully Formed At Birth. It Continues To Shape Itself Through Life, With The Most Intense Growth Occurring During Childhood.