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- There is a newly coined word in the English language for the moment when the person we're with whips out their BlackBerry or answers that…
- Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work.
- Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple…
- Research shows that for jobs of all kinds, emotional intelligence is twice as important an ingredient of outstanding performance as cognitive ability and technical skill…
- Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you…
- Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ, and emotional intelligence…
- Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.
- Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time…
- Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years. All the small exchanges children have with their parents, teachers, and with each other carry emotional…
- The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.
- Every morning, I go off to a small studio behind my house to write. I try to ignore all email and phone calls until lunchtime.…
- 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,…
- Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large.…
- Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.
- Comparing the three domains, I found that for jobs of all kinds, emotional competencies were twice as prevalent among distinguishing competencies as were technical skills…
- Social distance makes it all the easier to focus on small differences between groups and to put a negative spin on the ways of others…
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- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
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- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Throughout all of this confusion, I hope I somehow get to you. I practice all the things I'd say to tell you… — Superman