Compassion Begins With Attention.

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.

Directing Attention Toward Where It Needs To Go Is A Primal Task Of Leadership.

Although Traditional Incentives Such As Bonuses Or Recognition Can Prod People To Better Performance, No External Motivators Can Get People To Perform At Their Absolute Best. . . .wherever People Gravitate Within Their Work Roles, Indicates Where Their Real Pleasure Lies—and That Pleasure Is Itself Motivating.

When The Eyes Of A Woman That A Man Finds Attractive Look Directly At Him, His Brain Secretes The Pleasure-inducing Chemical Dopamine - But Not When She Looks Elsewhere.

Compassion Begins With Attention.