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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

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.

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...

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...

We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us...

We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.