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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)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Emotional Intelligence' refers to the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships. It describes abilities distinct from, but complementary to, academic intelligence, the purely cognitive capacities measured by IQ. View quote
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Every businessperson knows a story about a highly intelligent, highly skilled executive who was promoted into a leadership position only to fail at the job. And they also know a story about someone with solid-but not extraordinary-intellectual abilities and technical skills who was promoted into a similar position and then soared. Such anecdotes support the widespread belief that identifying individuals with the "right stuff” to be leaders is more art than science. After all, the personal styles of superb leaders vary: Some leaders are subdued and analytical; others shout their manifestos from the mountaintops. And just as important, different situations call for different types of leadership. Most mergers need a sensitive negotiator at the helm, whereas many turnarounds require a more forceful authority. View quote
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The best leaders don't know just one style of leadership-they're skilled at several, and have the flexibility to switch between styles as the circumstances dictate. View quote
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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. View quote
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When we focus on others, our world expands. View quote
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One aspect of a successful relationship is not just how compatible you are, but how you deal with your incompatibility. View quote
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Gifted leadership occurs when heart and head--feeling and thought--meet. These are the two winds that allow a leader to soar. View quote
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Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity. (Daniel Goleman)
CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence. View quote
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In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels. View quote
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Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple act of attention. View quote
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Like secondhand smoke, the leakage of emotions can make a bystander an innocent casualty of someone else's toxic state. View quote
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Compassion begins with attention. View quote
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Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership. View quote
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Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work. View quote
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Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ, and emotional intelligence as ingredients of excellent performance, emotional intelligence proved to be twice as important as the others for jobs at all levels. View quote
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Remember, empathy need not lead to sympathetically giving in to the other side's demands-knowing how someone feels does not mean agreeing with them. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival. View quote
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Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally. View quote
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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. View quote
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