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Only under duress will employees pay attention to feedback from managers who know little or nothing about the workers’ jobs.
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329 |
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While the link between attention and excellence remains hidden most of the time, it ripples through almost everything we seek to accomplish.
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3 |
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Through an optical illusion of the mind we typically register the end products of attention… without noticing the beam of awareness itself.
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3 |
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Attention works much like a muscle – use it poorly and it can wither; work it well and it grows.
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4 |
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The power to disengage our attention from one thing and move it to another is essential for well-being.
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15 |
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The stronger our selective attention, the more powerfully we can stay absorbed in what we’ve chosen to do: get swept away…
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15 |
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We learn best with focused attention. As we focus on what we are learning, the brain maps the information on what we already know, making new neural connections.
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16 |
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Our social capital – and range of attention – increases as we up the number of social ties through which we gain crucial information…
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20 |
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Overloading attention shrinks mental control.
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31 |
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Active engagement of attention signifies top-down activity, an antidote to going through the day with a zombie-like automaticity.
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