The industrial processes in use today were developed at a time when no one had to consider what the environmental impact was. Who cared? But making ecological concerns matter to a company's bottom line will help it do the research and development that will reinvent everything we buy.

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response.

Compassion begins with attention.

The people we get along with, trust, feel simpatico with, are the strongest links in our networks

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

Shipping by sea produces 1/60 the emissions of shipping by air and about 1/5 that of trucking.

Women, on average, tend to be more aware of their emotions, show more empathy, and are more adept interpersonally. Men on the other hand, are more self-confident and optimistic, adapt more easily, and handle stress better.