What Really Matters For Success, Character, Happiness

All The Classical Meditation Traditions, In One Way Or Another, Stress Nonattachment To The Self As A Goal Of Practice. Oddly, This Dimension Is Largely Ignored In Scientific Research, Which Tends To Focus On Health And Other Such Benefits. I Suppose The Difference Has To Do With The Contrast In Views Of The Self From The Spiritual And Scientific Perspectives. Scientists Value The Self; Spiritual Traditions Have Another Perspective.

In The New Workplace, With Its Emphasis On Flexibility, Teams And A Strong Customer Orientation, This Crucial Set Of Emotional Competencies Is Becoming Increasingly Essential For Excellence In Every Job In Every Part Of The World.

Emotions Are Contagious. We've All Known It Experientially. You Know After You Have A Really Fun Coffee With A Friend, You Feel Good. When You Have A Rude Clerk In A Store, You Walk Away Feeling Bad.

When I Say Manage Emotions, I Only Mean The Really Distressing, Incapacitating Emotions. Feeling Emotions Is What Makes Life Rich. You Need Your Passions.

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