When We Focus On Others, Our World

Emotional Self-control-- Delaying Gratification And Stifling Impulsiveness- Underlies Accomplishment Of Every Sort

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.

For The High Achievers, Studying Gave Them The Pleasing, Absorbing Challenge Of Flow Percent Of The Hours They Spent As It.

Some Children Naturally Have More Cognitive Control Than Others, And In All Kids This Essential Skill Is Being Compromised By The Usual Suspects: Smartphones, Tv, Etc. But There Are Many Ways That Adults Can Help Kids Learn Better Cognitive Control.

Our Emotional Mind Will Harness The Rational Mind To Its Purposes, For Our Feelings And Reactions-- Rationalizations-- Justifying Them In Terms Of The Present Moment, Without Realizing The Influence Of Our Emotional Memory.