Directing Attention Toward Where It Needs To

The Emotional Brain Is Highly Attuned To Symbolic Meanings And To The Mode Freud Called The 'primary Process' - The Messages Of Metaphor, Story, Myth, The Arts.

We Learn Best With Focused Attention. As We Focus On What We're Learning, The Brain Maps That Information On What We Already Know Making New Neural Connections

The Harvard Business Review Recently Had An Article Called 'the Human Moment,' About How To Make Real Contact With A Person At Work: ... The Fundamental Thing You Have To Do Is Turn Off Your Blackberry, Close Your Laptop, End Your Daydream And Pay Full Attention To The Person.

Iq And Technical Skills Are Important, But Emotional Intelligence Is The Sine Qua Non Of Leadership.

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.