Attention Is A Little-noticed And Underrated Mental

When I Went On To Write My Next Book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I Wanted To Make A Business Case That The Best Performers Were Those People Strong In These Skills.

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.

Every Morning, I Go Off To A Small Studio Behind My House To Write. I Try To Ignore All Email And Phone Calls Until Lunchtime. Then I Launch Into The Sometimes Frantic Busy-ness Of A Tightly Scheduled Day.

Whenever We Feel Stressed Out, That's A Signal That Our Brain Is Pumping Out Stress Hormones. If Sustained Over Months And Years, Those Hormones Can Ruin Our Health And Make Us A Nervous Wreck.

Threats To Our Standing In The Eyes Of Others Are Remarkably Potent Biologically, Almost As Powerful As Those To Our Very Survival.