Focus Daniel Goleman Famous Quotes & Sayings
21 Focus Daniel Goleman Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
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
Tightly focused attention gets fatigued - much like an overworked muscle - when we push to the point of cognitive exhaustion. The signs of mental fatigue, such as a drop in effectiveness and a rise in distractedness and irritability, signify that the mental effort needed to sustain focus has depleted the glucose that feeds neural energy.— Daniel Goleman
Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.— Daniel Goleman
Do all you can to defeat selfish shepherding in your own heart. We— James MacDonald
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
For leaders to get results they need all three kinds of focus. Inner focus attunes us to our intuitions, guiding values, and better decisions. Other focus smooths our connections to the people in our lives. And outer focus lets us navigate in the larger world. 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
Social distance makes it all the easier to focus on small differences between groups and to put a negative spin on the ways of others and a positive spin on our own.— Daniel Goleman
One in five chance— Green
According to esoteric teachings power flows with thought and what we think about is what we actually value with our personal power. When you value matter more than spirit, you lose touch with your higher power, it's as simple as that.— Shaeri Richards
Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.— Daniel Goleman
When we focus on others, our world expands.— Daniel Goleman
The worst period I ever went through at work," a friend confides, "was when the company was restructuring and people were being 'disappeared' daily, followed by lying memos that they were leaving 'for personal reasons.' No one could focus while that fear was in the air. No real work got done." Small wonder. The greater the anxiety we feel, the more impaired is the brain's cognitive efficiency. In this zone of mental misery, distracting thoughts hijack our attention and squeeze our cognitive resources. Because high anxiety shrinks the space available to our attention, it undermines our very capacity to take in new information, let alone generate fresh ideas. Near-panic is the enemy of learning and creativity.— Daniel Goleman
I live for competition. It makes my life complete.— Hope Solo
Who are you, what are you doing here, who is Hood, why does he want Julie, and where is Julie's mother?"— Ilona Andrews
"Is that all!" He wiped the red smudge off his lip with the back of his hand.
"Yes. No. Why is the cauldron important, where did it go, how is Morrigan involved, where do you go when you disappear, and why do you keep stealing the maps? Okay, now that's everything.
As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It really helped. Then as a grad student at Harvard, I was awarded a pre-doctoral traveling fellowship to India, where my focus was on the ancient systems of psychology and meditation practices of Asia.— Daniel Goleman
The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.— Sun Tzu
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
Rapport demands joint attention - mutual focus. Our need to make an effort to have such human moments has never been greater, given the ocean of distractions we all navigate daily.— Daniel Goleman
Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.— Virginia Satir
I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.— Daniel Goleman
One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.— Daniel Goleman
