There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.

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

Buying phosphate-free soap allows you to say, 'My detergent doesn't have the harsh chemicals others do.' The question is, how are you washing with it? The very worst thing for the Earth about detergent is that we heat water to use it.

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.

But the rational mind usually doesn't decide what emotions we "should" have !

Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood.

We're exposed and carry in our bodies multiple chemicals, and we have to understand how they interact. Both how they individually interact and the thousands of effects they can produce when they interact with the receptors that run our bodies.