The Emotional Brain Is Highly Attuned To

All The Classical Meditation Traditions, In One Way Or Another, Stress Nonattachment To The Self As A Goal Of Practice. Oddly, This Dimension Is Largely Ignored In Scientific Research, Which Tends To Focus On Health And Other Such Benefits. I Suppose The Difference Has To Do With The Contrast In Views Of The Self From The Spiritual And Scientific Perspectives. Scientists Value The Self; Spiritual Traditions Have Another Perspective.

Iq And Technical Skills Are Important, But Emotional Intelligence Is The Sine Qua Non Of Leadership.

The Amygdala In The Emotional Center Sees And Hears Everything That Occurs To Us Instantaneously And Is The Trigger Point For The Fight Or Flight Response.

One Way To Boost Our Will Power And Focus Is To Manage Our Distractions Instead Of Letting Them Manage Us.

The Harvard Business Review Recently Had An Article Called 'the Human Moment,' About How To Make Real Contact With A Person At Work: ... The Fundamental Thing You Have To Do Is Turn Off Your Blackberry, Close Your Laptop, End Your Daydream And Pay Full Attention To The Person.