Emotional Self-awareness Is The Building Block Of

Reducing The Economic Gap May Be Impossible Without Also Addressing The Gap In Empathy.

Daydreaming Defeats Practice; Those Of Us Who Browse Tv While Working Out Will Never Reach The Top Ranks. Paying Full Attention Seems To Boost The Mind's Processing Speed, Strengthen Synaptic Connections, And Expand Or Create Neural Networks For What We Are Practicing.

Compassion Begins With Attention.

School Success Is Not Predicted By A Child's Fund Of Facts Or A Precocious Ability To Read As Much As By Emotional And Social Measures; Being Self-assured And Interested: Knowing What Kind Of Behavior Is Expected And How To Rein In The Impulse To Misbehave; Being Able To Wait, To Follow Directions, And To Turn To Teachers For Help; And Expressing Needs While Getting Along With Other Children.

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