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The Science of Taming the Wandering Mind

By Amishi Jha — 2017

Wherever attention goes the rest of the brain follows—in some sense, attention is your brain’s boss. But is it a good boss and can we train it?

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Why Leaders Need a Triple Focus

Leaders guide attention. But a single-minded focus on goals can run roughshod over human concerns, says Daniel Goleman.

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Daniel Goleman
2014
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Common Misconceptions About Focus

Daniel Goleman, author of Focus, debunks three common myths.

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Daniel Goleman
2014
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The Lama in the Lab: Neuroscience and Meditation

Daniel Goleman reports on the Dalai Lama and the dialog between science and Buddhism, especially on how neuroscientists are measuring the effects of meditation.

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Daniel Goleman
2013
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The Focused Leader

How effective executives direct their own—and their organizations’—attention.

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Daniel Goleman
2013
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Only the Present Mind Is Without Fear

Fear, despite its unique power, is just another mental distraction.

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Deepak Chopra
2020
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The Sacred Art of Listening—Nourishing Loving Relationships

Whether it’s the communicating between different tribes or religions, ethnicities, racial groups or different generations, we need to listen. The more we understand, the less we fear—the less we fear, the more we trust and the more we trust, the more love can flow.

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Tara Brach
2014
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‘I Realized I Don’t Have to Believe My Thoughts’

Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts.

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Tara Brach
2014
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How Meditation Changes Your Brain—and Your Life

When neuroscientists tested expert meditators, they discovered something surprising: The effect of Buddhist meditation isn’t just momentary; it can alter deep-seated traits in our brain patterns and character.

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Daniel Goleman, Richard Davidson
2018
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Finding True Refuge

It’s hard to hang out with the truth of what we’re feeling. We may sincerely intend to pause and be mindful whenever a crisis arises or whenever we feel stuck and confused, but our conditioning to react, escape, or become possessed by emotion is very strong.

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Tara Brach
2013
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