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

When we focus on others, our world expands.

Our emotional mind will harness the rational mind to its purposes, for our feelings and reactions-- rationalizations-- justifying them in terms of the present moment, without realizing the influence of our emotional memory.

One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.

Some children naturally have more cognitive control than others, and in all kids this essential skill is being compromised by the usual suspects: smartphones, TV, etc. But there are many ways that adults can help kids learn better cognitive control.

There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings.