Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.

Risk taking and the drive to pursue innovative ideas are the fuel that stokes the entrepreneurial spirit.

Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival.

Whenever we feel stressed out, that's a signal that our brain is pumping out stress hormones. If sustained over months and years, those hormones can ruin our health and make us a nervous wreck.

Evolutionary theory holds that our ability to sense when we should be suspicious has been every bit as essential for human survival as our capacity for trust and cooperation.

Although traditional incentives such as bonuses or recognition can prod people to better performance, no external motivators can get people to perform at their absolute best. . . .Wherever people gravitate within their work roles, indicates where their real pleasure lies—and that pleasure is itself motivating.

For the High Achievers, Studying Gave Them The Pleasing, Absorbing Challenge of Flow Percent of the Hours They Spent as It.