For The High Achievers, Studying Gave Them

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.

The Act Of Compassion Begins With Full Attention, Just As Rapport Does. You Have To Really See The Person. If You See The Person, Then Naturally, Empathy Arises. If You Tune Into The Other Person, You Feel With Them. If Empathy Arises, And If That Person Is In Dire Need, Then Empathic Concern Can Come. You Want To Help Them, And Then That Begins A Compassionate Act. So I'd Say That Compassion Begins With Attention.

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.

One Aspect Of A Successful Relationship Is Not Just How Compatible You Are, But How You Deal With Your Incompatibility.

As A Freshman In College, I Was Having A Lot Of Trouble Adjusting. I Took A Meditation Class To Handle Anxiety. It Really Helped. Then As A Grad Student At Harvard, I Was Awarded A Pre-doctoral Traveling Fellowship To India, Where My Focus Was On The Ancient Systems Of Psychology And Meditation Practices Of Asia.