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Our Emotional Mind Will Harness The Rational Mind To Its Purposes, For Our Feelings And Reactions-- Rationalizations-- Justifying Them In Terms Of The Present Moment, Without Realizing The Influence Of Our Emotional Memory.

Simply Paying Attention Allows Us To Build An Emotional Connection. Lacking Attention, Empathy Hasn't A Chance.

All The Classical Meditation Traditions, In One Way Or Another, Stress Nonattachment To The Self As A Goal Of Practice. Oddly, This Dimension Is Largely Ignored In Scientific Research, Which Tends To Focus On Health And Other Such Benefits. I Suppose The Difference Has To Do With The Contrast In Views Of The Self From The Spiritual And Scientific Perspectives. Scientists Value The Self; Spiritual Traditions Have Another Perspective.

Some Children Naturally Have More Cognitive Control Than Others, And In All Kids This Essential Skill Is Being Compromised By The Usual Suspects: Smartphones, Tv, Etc. But There Are Many Ways That Adults Can Help Kids Learn Better Cognitive Control.

Gifted Leadership Occurs When Heart And Head--feeling And Thought--meet. These Are The Two Winds That Allow A Leader To Soar.