Daniel Goleman quotes - page 5

But the rational mind usually doesn't decide what emotions we "should" have ! (Daniel Goleman)
Once shoppers become empowered, we will facilitate industries thinking in completely new terms; for example, making products that are totally biodegradable. View quote
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Evolutionary theory holds that our ability to sense when we should be suspicious has been every bit as essential for human survival as our capacity for trust and cooperation. View quote
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I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be. View quote
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It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction. View quote
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Buying phosphate-free soap allows you to say, 'My detergent doesn't have the harsh chemicals others do.' The question is, how are you washing with it? The very worst thing for the Earth about detergent is that we heat water to use it. View quote
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Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings. View quote
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The industrial processes in use today were developed at a time when no one had to consider what the environmental impact was. Who cared? But making ecological concerns matter to a company's bottom line will help it do the research and development that will reinvent everything we buy. View quote
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Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy. View quote
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Who does not recall school at least in part as endless dreary hours of boredom punctuated by moments of high anxiety? View quote
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The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds. (Daniel Goleman)
We need to re-create boundaries. When you carry a digital gadget that creates a virtual link to the office, you need to create a virtual boundary that didn't exist before. View quote
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A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.' View quote
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Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their traditional mission and that people in the community become more involved with schools as both active participants in children's learning and as individual mentors. View quote
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