Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from the richness of life itself.

Quote by Daniel Goleman

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Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't...

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't...

When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted...

When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over...

However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over...

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional...

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional...

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions...

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions...

If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then...

If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then...

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously...

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously...

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training...

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training...

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend...

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend...

But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor...

But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor...

But there has also been a notable increase in recent years of these applications by...

But there has also been a notable increase in recent years of these applications by...

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or...

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or...

While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.

While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about...

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about...

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are...

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are...