But the rational mind usually doesn't decide what emotions we "should" have ! — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant,” Albert Einstein” — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Overloading attention shrinks mental control. Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Our emotional mind will harness the rational mind to its purposes, for our feelings and reactions-- rationalizations-- justifying them in terms of… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for the perennial… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Whoever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you try to dominate people you are already… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal yield of data comes from integrating what… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Although traditional incentives such as bonuses or recognition can prod people to better performance, no external motivators can get people to perform… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Daydreaming defeats practice; those of us who browse TV while working out will never reach the top ranks. Paying full attention seems… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“The emotional/rational dichotomy approximates the folk distinction between "heart" and "head"; knowing something is right "in your heart" is a different order… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“The classical literature in psychology describes the relationship between anxiety and performance, including mental performance, in terms of an upside-down U. At… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“The Extraordinary Persons Project In fact, Ekman had been so moved personally—and intrigued scientifically—by his experiments with Öser that he announced at… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The Harvard Business Review recently had an article called 'The Human Moment,' about how to make real contact with a person at work: ...… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
When the darkness is seen as a necessary prelude to the creative light, one is less likely to ascribe frustration to personal inadequacy or… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
All the classical meditation traditions, in one way or another, stress nonattachment to the self as a goal of practice. Oddly, this dimension is… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Overloading attention shrinks mental control. Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
What seems to set apart those at the very top of competitive pursuits from others of roughly equal ability is the degree to which,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
“What distinguishes leaders in medicine goes far beyond that knowledge, into interpersonal skills like empathy, conflict resolution, and people development.” — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
“Richard Davidson, a University of Wisconsin psychologist. He discovered that people who have greater activity in the left frontal lobe, compared to the right,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Research shows that for jobs of all kinds, emotional intelligence is twice as important an ingredient of outstanding performance as cognitive ability and technical… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Who does not recall school at least in part as endless dreary hours of boredom punctuated by moments of high anxiety? — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
