"The amygdala in the emotional center sees and……" — Daniel Goleman

"The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response."

— Daniel Goleman

113 Quotes by Daniel Goleman

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The Harvard Business Review recently had an article called 'The Human Moment,' about how to make real contact with a…
There is a newly coined word in the English language for the moment when the person we're with whips out…
At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for…
The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If…
Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival.
The near cousin of optimism is hope: knowing the steps needed to get to a goal and having the energy…
Whoever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you try to dominate people you…
Evolutionary theory holds that our ability to sense when we should be suspicious has been every bit as essential for…
Leaders with empathy do more than sympathize with people around them: they use their knowledge to improve their companies in…
Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy.
Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work.
Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity.

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To say that my anxiety is reducible to the ions in my amygdala”—the home of the fight-or-flight reflex—“is as limiting… — Scott Stossel
It's perhaps not so much how your amygdala is tuned that makes you politically extreme, but that your intrinsic nervousness… — Unknown Author
Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear. — Peter Diamandis
The brain of a person in love will show activity in the amygdala, which is associated with gut feelings, and… — Jodi Picoult
How do we regulate our emotions? The answer is surprisingly simple: by thinking about them. The prefrontal cortex allows each… — Jonah Lehrer
To say that my anxiety is reducible to the ions in my amygdala is as limiting as saying that my… — Scott Stossel
The relationship between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala fundamentally changes with meditation. — Jim Yong Kim
Emotional life grows out of an area of the brain called the limbic system, specifically the amygdala, whence come delight… — Nancy Gibbs
Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that… — Peter Diamandis
Now the amygdala is our early warning detector, our danger detector. It sorts and scours through all of the information… — Peter Diamandis

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