In Focus,
Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman, author of the #1 international
bestseller Emotional Intelligence, offers a groundbreaking look at today’s
scarcest resource and the secret to high performance and fulfillment:
attention.
Combining
cutting-edge research with practical findings, Focus delves into the science of
attention in all its varieties, presenting a long overdue discussion of this
little-noticed and under-rated mental asset. In an era of unstoppable
distractions, Goleman persuasively argues that now more than ever we must learn
to sharpen focus if we are to survive in a complex world.
Goleman
boils down attention research into a threesome: inner, other, and outer focus.
Drawing on rich case studies from fields as diverse as competitive sports,
education, the arts, and business, he shows why high-achievers need all three
kinds of focus, and explains how those who rely on Smart Practices—mindfulness
meditation, focused preparation and recovery, positive emotions and
connections, and mental “prosthetics” that help them improve habits, add new
skills, and sustain greatness—excel while others do not.
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