Threats to our standing in the eyes of others are remarkably potent biologically, almost as powerful as those to our very survival.

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.

Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.

Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort

Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information easier and faster than ever.

Worries typically follow such lines, a narrative to oneself that jumps from concern to concern and more often than not includes catastrophizing, imagining some terrible tragedy. Worries are almost always expressed in the mind's ear, not its eye - that is, in words, not images - a fact that has significance for controlling worry.

Great leaders, the research shows, are made as they gradually acquire, in the course of their lives and careers, the competencies that make them so effective. The competencies can be learned by any leader, at any point.