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Happy, Calm Children Learn Best

There Are Some Surprising Payoffs With Only A Few Minutes' Practice, Like Eliminating The Loss Of Concentration That Multitasking Usually Brings. Short Daily Mindfulness Practice In Beginners Also Improves Memory, To The Point That A Group Of Students Who Volunteered For A Study Got Significantly Better Scores On Their Graduate School Entrance Exams.

Empathic, Emotionally Intelligent Work Environments Have A Good Track Record Of Increasing Creativity, Improving Problem Solving And Raising Productivity.

True Compassion Means Not Only Feeling Another's Pain But Also Being Moved To Help Relieve It.

Emotional 'literacy' Implies An Expanded Responsibility For Schools In Helping To Socialize Children. This Daunting Task Requires Two Major Changes: That Teachers Go Beyond Their Traditional Mission And That People In The Community Become More Involved With Schools As Both Active Participants In Children's Learning And As Individual Mentors.