Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the…

Quote by Daniel Goleman

Topics: Empathy Quotes, Self Absorbed Quotes

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is...

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get...

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

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...

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal...

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal...

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...