Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Daniel Goleman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: March 7
Author
Journalist
Psychologist
Researcher
Writer
Chinatown
Stockton
Detach
Shows
Stronger
Distracting
Single
Workout
Becomes
Sustain
Focus
Studies
Study
Circuitry
Brain
Paying
Refocus
Attention
Chosen
Workouts
Show
Mental

More quotes by Daniel Goleman

Image
When we focus on others, our world expands.
Daniel Goleman
Image
Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.
Daniel Goleman
Image
I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.
Daniel Goleman
Image
The people we get along with, trust, feel simpatico with, are the strongest links in our networks
Daniel Goleman
Image
Once shoppers become empowered, we will facilitate industries thinking in completely new terms for example, making products that are totally biodegradable.
Daniel Goleman
Image
Like secondhand smoke, the leakage of emotions can make a bystander an innocent casualty of someone else's toxic state.
Daniel Goleman
Image
The near cousin of optimism is hope: knowing the steps needed to get to a goal and having the energy to pursue those steps. It is a primal motivating force, and its absence is paralyzing.
Daniel Goleman
Image
Happy, calm children learn best
Daniel Goleman
Image
There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions, by their very nature, lead to one or another impulse to act. The root meaning of the word emotion, remember, is to move.
Daniel Goleman
Image
If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then you will build the internal capacity to do that as needed - at will and voluntarily.
Daniel Goleman
Image
Whoever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you try to dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolve conflict, not how to start it.
Daniel Goleman
Image
Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally.
Daniel Goleman
Image
Even though a high IQ is no guarantee of prosperity, prestige, or happiness in life, our schools and our culture fixate on academic abilities, ignoring the emotional intelligence that also matters immensely for our personal destiny.
Daniel Goleman
Image
One of the leading theories of why electroconvulsive therapy is effective for most severe depressions is that it causes a loss of short-term memory - patients feel better because they can't remember why they were sad.
Daniel Goleman
Image
At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for the perennial quest for a flourishing life.
Daniel Goleman
Image
In the new workplace, with its emphasis on flexibility, teams and a strong customer orientation, this crucial set of emotional competencies is becoming increasingly essential for excellence in every job in every part of the world.
Daniel Goleman
Image
Evolutionary theory holds that our ability to sense when we should be suspicious has been every bit as essential for human survival as our capacity for trust and cooperation.
Daniel Goleman
Image
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.
Daniel Goleman
Image
IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.
Daniel Goleman
Image
The more socially intelligent you are, the happier and more robust and more enjoyable your relationships will be.
Daniel Goleman