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Blink, Page 209
Many facial expressions can be made voluntarily… But our faces are also governed by a separate, involuntary system that makes expressions that we have no conscious control over.
The Speed of Trust, Page 209
It’s vital to listen, to understand first. Otherwise you may be acting on assumptions that are totally incorrect…
Quit, Page 209
You won’t always find something better when you’re forced to quit, but sometimes you will. The problem is that most of us will never discover those other opportunities because we can’t see what we’re not even looking for.
Toxic Positivity, Page 209
Being an effective support person really comes down to listening, seeking understanding, validation, empathy, and strong boundaries with yourself and others.
Focus, Page 209
The antidote for mind wandering is meta-awareness, attention to attention for itself, as in the ability to notice that you are not noticing what you should, and correcting your focus. 197 Meta-awareness, Attention, Focus, Correction http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-197-1.png
Focus Almost any variety of meditation, in essence, retrains our habits of attention – particularly the routine default of a wandering mind. 198 Meditation, Habits, Attention, Training http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-198-1.png
Focus Enhanced executive function widens the gap between impulse and action, in part by building meta-awareness, the capacity to observe our mental processes… 199 Executives,Impulses, Action, Aswareness, Observations http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-199-1.png
Focus …data suggests mindfulness boosts both self-awareness and empathy. 200 Mindfulness, Self-awareness, Empathy http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-200-1.png
Focus Mindlessness, in the form of mind wandering, may be the single biggest waste of attention in the workplace. 202 Mindfulness, Attention http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-202a-1.png
Focus Focus on our experience in the here and now… demands that we tune down the all-about-myself murmurs of mind stuff irrelevant to what’s going on right now. 202 Focus, Experience, Self-awareness http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-202b-1.png
Focus Mindfulness develops our capacity to observe our moment-to-moment experience in an impartial, nonreactive manner. 202 Mindfulness, Capacity, Observations http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-202c-1.png
Focus Building executive control helps especially for those of us for whom every setback, hurt, or disappointment creates endless cascades of rumination. 202 Executives, Control, Disappointment, Rumination http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-202d-1.png
Focus Mindfulness lets us break the stream of thoughts that might otherwise lead to wallowing in misery, by changing our relationship to thought itself. 203 Mindfulness, Thinking, Relationships http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-203a-1.png
Focus …mindfulness practice strengthens focus, particularly executive control, working memory capacity, and ability to sustain attention. 203 Mindfulness, Practice, Focus, Executives, Control, Memory, Attention http://bizbookquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Focus-Pg-203b-1.png
Focus Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership.”
Overwhelmed, Page 209
…feeling positive and happy in the first place is what fosters achievement.
Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Page 209
To support an idea, we need to understand why the decision was made.
The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 209
Both function… and psychology… dictate that few restrictions be placed on the flow of information to the workforce.
The Speed of Trust, Page 209
So often, the problems people have, both at work and at home, come because they don’t really Listen First.
Deep Work, Page 209
…in the scheme of your life and what you want to accomplish, [social media is] a lightweight whimsy, one unimportant distraction among many…