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The importance of focus
Our focus matters immensely in everything we do. The better we can pay attention, the more excellent the results in everything from learning to leadership.
There are many varieties of attention: getting a job done well requires applying concentration, for instance, while creative insights flow best when we are in a loose, open awareness.
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- Inner focus: it relates to self-awareness and self-management (how well we can tune in our values, know our strengths and limits).
- Other focus: it refers to how well we attune to people (it's about empathy, about how we understand the way people perceive things and how ...
While today's technologies have many advantages, we have to learn to be more intentional about focusing – for instance, carving out space in our day when we can concentrate without such distractions.
We also need to strengthen our focus. It works like a muscle: there are workouts ...
- Pay full attention to the task you are doing and avoid multitasking.Â
- Get expert feedback on what corrections in your performance will improve your game.Â
- Put in the time needed. The more you practice winning moves, the stronger the brain circuitry for th...
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It’s a way of seeing intelligence beyond its cognitive aspects (like memory and problem-solving). We are talking primarily of our capacity to effectively address others and ourselves, to connect with our emotions, to manage them, to self-motivate, to put the brakes on our impulse...
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To become self-aware, you must be capable of monitoring your own emotions, recognizing different emotional reactions, and then correctly identifying each particular emotion. Self-aware individuals also recognize the relationships between the things they feel and how they behave.
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EQ is the ability to objectively assess one’s own emotional state, avoid becoming emotionally compromised, being attentive to the emotional states of others, and being able to use all of this to skillfully build relationships with others.
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