The Social Brain Is In Its Natural

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

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.

....goal Directed Self-imposed Delay Of Gratification Is Perhaps The Essence Of Emotional Self-regulation: The Ability To Deny Impulse In The Service Of A Goal, Whether It Be Building A Business, Solving An Algebraic Equation, Or Pursuing The Stanley Cup.

There Are A Host Of Surprises Among Longer-term Meditators, Like A Boost In The Immune System From A Day Of Practice, Which Is Not Seen In Beginners, And A Rapid Recovery From Stress Or Pain. At The "olympic Level" We Find There Is No Anticipatory Anxiety When The Stress Of Pain Is Certain To Come, And No Lingering Aftereffects - Unlike The Stress Reactions In Ordinary Folk.

Overloading Attention Shrinks Mental Control. Life Immersed In Digital Distractions Creates A Near Constant Cognitive Overload. And That Overload Wears Out Self-control.