Societies Can Be Sunk By The Weight

Great Leaders, The Research Shows, Are Made As They Gradually Acquire, In The Course Of Their Lives And Careers, The Competencies That Make Them So Effective. The Competencies Can Be Learned By Any Leader, At Any Point.

There Are A Host Of Surprises Among Longer-term Meditators, Like A Boost In The Immune System From A Day Of Practice, Which Is Not Seen In Beginners, And A Rapid Recovery From Stress Or Pain. At The "olympic Level" We Find There Is No Anticipatory Anxiety When The Stress Of Pain Is Certain To Come, And No Lingering Aftereffects - Unlike The Stress Reactions In Ordinary Folk.

We Should Spend Less Time Ranking Children And More Time Helping Them To Identify Their Natural Competencies And Gifts, And Cultivate Those.

What Seems To Set Apart Those At The Very Top Of Competitive Pursuits From Others Of Roughly Equal Ability Is The Degree To Which, Beginning Early In Life, They Can Pursue An Arduous Practice Routine For Years And Years.

Empathy And Social Skills Are Social Intelligence, The Interpersonal Part Of Emotional Intelligence. That's Why They Look Alike.