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Blog postBill George says that you have to do a certain kind of inner work to find your true north, to be an authentic leader. I asked him, What is that inner work, and where does it lead?
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Blog postThe Dalai Lama's version of compassion is more muscular than Sunday-school stereotypes of a benign but soft and flabby kindness. He sees such full disclosure as one application of compassion in the public sphere, as is forceful action to right injustice of every kind.
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Blog postSociopaths, by the way, seem to have a deficiency in emotional empathy, failing to tune into another person's fear. In the
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Blog postThese leaders are attuned to the suffering of the powerless, and seek to repair that damage by treating or attempting to cure diseases that plague the poor, enhancing the viability of local communities or fighting poverty. And the impacts of their work will matter far into the future.
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Blog postThere's no doubt that LinkedIn has become the world's best place to connect professionally and build your network. I see a way it could be even better -- especially when it comes to managing your professional identity -- and letting users know if you're the right person for a job.
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Blog postGiven that true happiness begins with a modicum of material comfort but then depends on cultivating qualities of mind like contentment and caring, the purpose of economic development, in the Dalai Lama's view, can be found in furthering both goals.
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Blog postThe Dalai Lama had come to John Oliver High School for an in-person session on Educating Hearts and Minds. Several hundred students were packed into the school gym for the event, which was live-streamed as well to thirty-three thousand others across the province.
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Blog postBut then Ochsner asked the volunteers to rethink what might be going on in the more disturbing photos in a less alarming
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Blog postYour carbon footprint - and your organization's - gives the metric for all the ways you add to greenhouse gases. It's not a pretty picture for anyone, let alone a large company.
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Blog postCognitive empathy means understanding people's perspective on the world. It goes hand in hand with emotional empathy, which is "feeling with." In a discussion I had with Peter Senge, Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Sustainability at the MIT Sloan School of Management, I wanted to know how feelings and emotions are addressed in systems education.
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Blog postI'm unconvinced by an academic study that claimed emotional intelligence accounted for only 1 percent of sales success, while IQ alone made all the difference.
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Blog postThe CEO of one of the world's largest financial companies told me, "I hire the best and brightest -- but I still get a bell curve for performance." Why aren't the smartest MBAs from top schools all highly successful on the job?
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Blog postTurning our attention to our mental state -- otherwise known as self-awareness -- allows us to manage ourselves well, even when rocked by disturbing feelings. This is a skill that helps children become better learners.
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Blog postTo further understand what attributes actually predict success, a more satisfying answer lies in another kind of data altogether: competence models.
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Blog postThere is an active school movement in character education and teaching ethics. But we don't think it's enough to have children just learn about ethical virtuosity, because we need to embody our ethical beliefs by acting on them. This begins with empathy.
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Blog postSecure bases are environments that protect, nurture -- and most importantly -- provide motivation. They allow us to take intelligent risks and challenge ourselves. During childhood, parents are responsible for establishing a secure base at home, and teachers are expected to do the same in the classroom. It shouldn't end here, though.
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Blog postIt's clearer today than ever before: Businesses must continuously innovate to survive. But how do we determine the factors necessary for sustaining continuous innovation?
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Blog postFlow, the state where we feel in command of what we do, execute tasks effortlessly, and perform at our best, was discovered by researchers at the University of Chicago.
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Blog postSome claim the new phone app MEIT (mobile emotional intelligence test), which shows photos of people's faces and asks you to identify a person's emotions, can tell how emotionally intelligent you are. Maybe, but I'm dubious.
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Blog postHow do you overcome obstacles for change in your organization or life? Share your insights in the comments, or tweet them
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Blog post"When you're self-aware, you get a gut feeling. You have a heartfelt sense. Sometimes those feelings are really important. There's wisdom in the body. Yet sometimes, if we have been traumatized, for example, the gut feeling we get can lead us astray."
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Blog post"Mindfulness" refers to that move where you notice your mind wandered. With mindfulness you monitor whatever goes on within the mind. "Meditation" means the whole class of ways to train attention, mindfulness among them.
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Blog postFocus is the basic mental skill that supports everything people in the fitness industry are trying to do: help you monitor your own activities, nutrition and mindset about body image and eating.
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Blog postThat's very important because many people haven't done any practice that takes them into their inner lives. A teacher or
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Blog postRelated articles: The benefits of a productive cocoon This article was first published on LinkedIn. "Let's take a business
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Blog postHow teens navigate these years has real consequences for how they live the rest of lives. While there are always risks and downsides, the teen mind has unique positive qualities.
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Blog postWith Steve Ballmer's imminent departure, the question is: What should they look for in Microsoft's next CEO? Here are my thoughts, in terms of the three kinds of focus.
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Blog postFirst, the science. The brain is the last organ of the body to finish growing. It does not become anatomically mature until
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Blog postThe results may be subtle at first. You might find, for instance, you're no longer waking up at 3 a.m. obsessing about that obnoxious person, or that you aren't yelling at the kids when they dawdle getting ready in the morning.
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Blog postAs every parent of more than one child knows, from day one each baby differs: one is more alert, or calmer, or more active than another. Such differences in temperament reflect the maturation and genetics of various brain networks.
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Blog postHere are some practical ways to stay focused despite the blizzard of distractions.
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Blog postThe persona who tweets or posts online may not be the one who would get the job. So why do people act on the Web in ways that they would regret in real life?
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Blog postHow do you stay focused in conversations - face-to-face or online? Please share your insights in the comments section, or
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Blog postBecause our attention can so easily be pulled away from what we want to focus on--our work, say, or the person in front of us--we need to me more intentional in taking back control. Here are some ways.
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Blog postAt a time when the news offers a steady stream of ways people battle because of the differences between them, there's an antidote sorely needed: the understanding of the ways someone else shares our common human condition. Call it "just like me."
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Blog postEvery 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. But that protected time in the morning is when I get my really productive work done.
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Blog postBeing able to keep your focus amidst the daily din of distraction makes you better able to use whatever talents you need to apply -- whether making a business plan or a cheese soufflé. The more prone to distraction, the worse we do.
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Blog postMutual focus -- paying attention to each other -- is the key ingredient in rapport. We can't have chemistry with someone without such full focus. And given the zillion distractions we all face, the need to make a conscious effort to create these rich moments has never been greater.
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Blog postThe more focused we are, the more successful we can be at whatever we do. And, conversely, the more distracted, the less well we do. This applies across the board: sports, school, career.
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