List of Daniel Goleman Quotes

All The Classical Meditation Traditions, In One Way Or Another, Stress Nonattachment To The Self As A Goal Of Practice. Oddly, This Dimension Is Largely Ignored In Scientific Research, Which Tends To Focus On Health And Other Such Benefits. I Suppose The Difference Has To Do With The Contrast In Views Of The Self From The Spiritual And Scientific Perspectives. Scientists Value The Self; Spiritual Traditions Have Another Perspective.

My Hope Was That Organizations Would Start Including This Range Of Skills In Their Training Programs - In Other Words, Offer An Adult Education In Social And Emotional Intelligence.

When It Comes To Exploring The Mind In The Framework Of Cognitive Neuroscience, The Maximal Yield Of Data Comes From Integrating What A Person Experiences - The First Person - With What The Measurements Show - The Third Person.

Buying Phosphate-free Soap Allows You To Say, 'my Detergent Doesn't Have The Harsh Chemicals Others Do.' The Question Is, How Are You Washing With It? The Very Worst Thing For The Earth About Detergent Is That We Heat Water To Use It.

Teachers Need To Be Comfortable Talking About Feelings.

The Industrial Processes In Use Today Were Developed At A Time When No One Had To Consider What The Environmental Impact Was. Who Cared? But Making Ecological Concerns Matter To A Company's Bottom Line Will Help It Do The Research And Development That Will Reinvent Everything We Buy.

Well, Any Effort To Maximize Your Potential And Ability Is A Good Thing.

I Don't Really Follow Meditation Hype. But My Impression Is That Poor Studies Are Cited As "proof" Of Meditation's Benefits, Findings That Apply To Advanced Meditators Are Sometimes Touted As Accruing To Beginners, And, Occasionally, Some Benefits Are Simply Imagined. This May Be Most True In The Business World, Where Many Companies Are Bringing In Teachers Who Are A Bit Loose In Their Use Of Research As Evidence For The Usefulness Of The Method.

We Need To Re-create Boundaries. When You Carry A Digital Gadget That Creates A Virtual Link To The Office, You Need To Create A Virtual Boundary That Didn't Exist Before.

However, I Began Meditating At About That Time And Have Continued On And Off Over The Years.

Smart Phones And Social Media Expand Our Universe. We Can Connect With Others Or Collect Information Easier And Faster Than Ever.

Who Does Not Recall School At Least In Part As Endless Dreary Hours Of Boredom Punctuated By Moments Of High Anxiety?