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Daniel Goleman

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

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  • Dmytro Koniukhovfez uma citaçãohá 9 anos
    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.
  • njjjjhgyjfez uma citaçãohá 5 anos
    Whether we’re trying to hone a skill in sports or music, enhance our memory power, or listen better, the core elements of smart practice are the same: ideally, a potent combination of joy, smart tactics, and full focus.
  • njjjjhgyjfez uma citaçãohá 5 anos
    At least three sub-varieties of attention, all aspects of the executive, are at play when we pit self-restraint against instant gratification. The first is the ability to voluntarily disengage our focus from an object of desire that powerfully grabs our attention. The second, resisting distraction, lets us keep our focus elsewhere—say, on fantasy play—rather than gravitating back to that juicy whatever. And the third allows us to keep our focus on a goal in the future, like the two marshmallows later. All that adds up to willpower.
  • Zengani Mhangofez uma citaçãoano passado
    “the sudden taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one of what seems several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought.”
  • Zengani Mhangofez uma citaçãoano passado
    When I notice that my mind has been somewhere else during a meeting, I wonder what opportunities I’ve been missing right here.”
  • Zengani Mhangofez uma citaçãoano passado
    Attention, from the Latin attendere, to reach toward, connects us with the world, shaping and defining our experience.
  • Susanafez uma citaçãohá 4 anos
    Self-awareness, particularly accuracy in decoding the internal cues of our body’s murmurs, holds the key. Our subtle physiological reactions reflect the sum total of our experience relevant to the decision at hand.
  • Hyacinth Dhe Barisfez uma citaçãohá 4 anos
    ring your mind back to its point of focus
  • Hyacinth Dhe Barisfez uma citaçãohá 4 anos
    We do well to unplug regularly; quiet time restores our focus and composure.
  • Hyacinth Dhe Barisfez uma citaçãohá 4 anos
    Noticing that our mind has wandered marks a shift in brain activity; the greater this meta-awareness, the weaker the mind wandering becomes
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