Daniel Goleman Focus Quotations

Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.

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.

When we focus on others, our world expands.

I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.

We learn best with focused attention. As we focus on what we're learning, the brain maps that information on what we already know making new neural connections

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