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Summary
Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman delves into the science of attention in all its varieties and shows why high-achievers need focus, as demonstrated by rich case studies from fields as diverse as competitive sports, education, the arts, and business. Full description
Table of Contents:
- The subtle faculty
- 1. The anatomy of attention
- Basics
- Attention top and bottom
- The value of a mind adrift
- Finding balance
- 2. Self-awareness
- The inner rudder
- Seeing ourselves as others see us
- A recipe for self-control
- 3. Reading others
- The woman who knew too much
- The empathy triad
- Social sensitivity
- 4. The bigger context
- Patterns, systems, and messes
- System blindness
- Distant threats
- 5. Smart practice
- The myth of 10,000 hours
- Brains on games
- Breathing buddies
- 6. The well-focused leader
- How leaders direct attention
- The leader's triple focus
- What makes a leader?
- 7. The big picture
- Leading for the long future.