TY - GEN AU - Goleman,Daniel TI - Focus: the hidden driver of excellence SN - 9789382951797 U1 - 153.733 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New Delhi PB - Bloomsbury Publishing KW - Self-Control KW - Thought and Thinking KW - Attention N1 - Includes index; 1. The Subtle faculty -- Part I: The Anatomy of attention -- 2. Basics -- 3. Attention top and bottom -- 4. The Value of a mind adrift -- 5. Finding balance -- Part II: Self awareness -- 6. The Inner rudder -- 7. Seeing ourselves as others see us -- 8. A Recipe for self-control -- Part III: Reading others -- 9. The Woman who knew too much -- 10. The Empathy triad -- 11. Social sensitivity -- Part IV: 12. Patterns systems and messes -- 13. System blindness -- 14. Distant threats -- Part V: Smart practice -- 15. Tehe Myth of 10000 hours -- 16. brains on games -- 17. Breathing buddies -- Part VI: The Well-focused leader -- 18. How leaders direct attention -- 19. The Leader's priple focus -- 20. What makes a leader? -- Part VII: The Big picture -- 21. Leading for the long future N2 - For more than two decades, psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman has been scouting the leading edge of the human sciences for what's new, surprising, and important. In Focus, he delves into the science of attention in all its varieties, presenting a long overdue discussion of this little-noticed and under-rated mental asset that matters enormously for how we navigate life. Goleman boils down attention research into a three parts: inner, other, and outer focus. Goleman shows why high-achievers need all three kinds of focus, as demonstrated by rich case studies from fields as diverse as competitive sports, education, the arts, and business. Those who excel rely on what Goleman calls Smart Practices such as mindfulness meditation, focused preparation and recovery, positive emotions and connections, and mental 'prosthetics' that help them improve habits, add new skills, and sustain excellence. Combining cutting-edge research with practical findings, Focus reveals what distinguishes experts from amateurs and stars from average performers ER -