I would suggest that excellence occurs in direct proportion to necessary suffering, but in inverse proportion to unnecessary suffering or toxic stress.… — Edward Hallowell Direct Copy Share Image
We live in a paradox: connected electronically but disconnected interpersonally. However, when you recognize the problem, you can take steps to correct… — Edward Hallowell Enough Copy Share Image
In order to do what really matters to you, you have to, first of all, know what really matters to you. — Edward Hallowell Firsts Copy Share Image
Lack of respect for the worker. This nourishes disconnection, fear, anger, phoniness, and all the bad stuff that impedes excellence. — Edward Hallowell Disconnection Copy Share Image
Several elements of the ADD mind favor creativity....As mentioned earlier, the term 'attention deficit' is a misnomer. It is a matter of… — Edward Hallowell Add Copy Share Image
No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important. — Edward Hallowell Done Copy Share Image
I agree with Stephen Covey that too many people spend too much time on doing what is urgent rather than on doing… — Edward Hallowell Agree Copy Share Image
All connections matter, but the people you depend upon matter most. — Edward Hallowell People Copy Share Image
Modern loneliness is an extraverted loneliness, in which the person is surrounded by many people and partakes of much communication but feels… — Edward Hallowell Communication Copy Share Image
Newcomers should be put in an established position where the expectations are known and help is available. New major assignments should mainly… — Edward Hallowell Behavior Copy Share Image
Fear shuts people down. When you feel safe, your brain is free to soar. When you feel in danger, your brain goes… — Edward Hallowell Atmosphere Copy Share Image
A human moment is a term I invented to distinguish in-person communication from electronic. Human moments are exponentially more powerful than electronic… — Edward Hallowell Communication Copy Share Image
Young people beginning a career need to realize that there are lots of "buses" in life. More often than not, selecting which… — Edward Hallowell Bus Copy Share Image
It is especially important for managers to know about, neuroplasticity, the greatest discovery in neuroscience in the past 20 years. It refers… — Edward Hallowell Ability Copy Share Image
From the biological standpoint, people deprived of the human moment in their day-to-day business dealings, actually in all domains of their lives,… — Edward Hallowell Brain Copy Share Image
You brain does its best when it is doing a task it can do well. That's basic brain science. — Edward Hallowell Brain Copy Share Image
To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human… — Edward Hallowell Anticipation Copy Share Image
It is the greatest feeling in the world. When we shine, we defy death for the moment. We enter into a state… — Edward Hallowell Death Copy Share Image
People associate hard work and overload with stress. But, like suffering, stress is complicated. Bad stress is stress that a system can't… — Edward Hallowell Complicated Copy Share Image
Many people persist in the wrong job, trying year after year to get good at what they're bad at or at what… — Edward Hallowell Dislike Copy Share Image
