We Should Spend Less Time

We Should Spend Less Time Ranking Children And More Time Helping Them To Identify Their Natural Competencies And Gifts, And Cultivate Those.

The Book Is A Dialogue Between The Dalai Lama And A Group Of Scientists About How We Can Better Handle Our Destructive Emotions And How To Overcome Them.

Self-absorption In All Its Forms Kills Empathy, Let Alone Compassion. When We Focus On Ourselves, Our World Contracts As Our Problems And Preoccupations Loom Large. But When We Focus On Others, Our World Expands. Our Own Problems Drift To The Periphery Of The Mind And So Seem Smaller, And We Increase Our Capacity For Connection - Or Compassionate Action.

Comparing The Three Domains, I Found That For Jobs Of All Kinds, Emotional Competencies Were Twice As Prevalent Among Distinguishing Competencies As Were Technical Skills And Purely Cognitive Abilities Combined. In General The Higher A Position In An Organization, The More Ei Mattered: For Individuals In Leadership Positions, 85 Percent Of Their Competencies Were In The Ei Domain.

Compassion Begins With Attention.