Focus
by Daniel Goleman
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Goleman argues focus is an underrated, atrophying muscle in the modern age. Three kinds, inner, other, and outer, are essential for self-management, empathy, and strategic thinking.
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In this collection, Focus references 3 other books and is cited by 1 other book.
It draws on Emotional Intelligence, Thinking, Fast and Slow and Flow.
It’s picked up by Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body.
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What Focus Draws On
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Goleman extends his Emotional Intelligence work to show how self-awareness and attention regulation drive performance
References Kahneman's System 1/System 2 framework when discussing the neuroscience of attention and cognitive depletion
Cites Csikszentmihalyi's flow research as the optimal state of focused attention
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The book extends the attention-training research Goleman explored in Focus, providing the neuroscientific evidence for how meditation reshapes the brain's attentional circuitry.
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Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Bodyby Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson
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