Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally.
Daniel GolemanThreats to our standing in the eyes of others are remarkably potent biologically, almost as powerful as those to our very survival.
Daniel GolemanIf your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.
Daniel GolemanThere are some surprising payoffs with only a few minutes' practice, like eliminating the loss of concentration that multitasking usually brings. Short daily mindfulness practice in beginners also improves memory, to the point that a group of students who volunteered for a study got significantly better scores on their graduate school entrance exams.
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