Search Inside Yourself — Book Notes
Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan With forewords by Daniel Goleman and Jon Kabat-Zinn Emotional intelligence enables three things: stellar work performance, outstanding leadership, and the conditions for happiness. EI is the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings, discriminate among them, and use that information to guide thinking and action. On attention Mindfulness trains attention that is strong in both clarity and stability. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s definition: paying attention in a particular way — on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally. ...