Edward Hallowell quotes

Modern loneliness is an extraverted loneliness, in which the person is surrounded by many people and partakes of much communication but feels unrecognized and more alone and, although connected technically, isolated and even estranged emotionally. (Edward Hallowell)
When we forgive, the slave we free is ourselves. View quote
Edward Hallowell
I would suggest that excellence occurs in direct proportion to necessary suffering, but in inverse proportion to unnecessary suffering or toxic stress. Connection is the best antidote to unnecessary suffering. View quote
Edward Hallowell
In order to do what really matters to you, you have to, first of all, know what really matters to you. View quote
Edward Hallowell
It is especially important for managers to know about, neuroplasticity, the greatest discovery in neuroscience in the past 20 years. It refers to the fact that the brain is remarkably plastic. It can grow and change for the better throughout life. In fact, "plastic" denotes the brain's ability to grow and change throughout life. View quote
Edward Hallowell
To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. View quote
Edward Hallowell
Lack of respect for the worker. This nourishes disconnection, fear, anger, phoniness, and all the bad stuff that impedes excellence. View quote
Edward Hallowell
Young people beginning a career need to realize that there are lots of "buses" in life. More often than not, selecting which one to be on determines success or failure, joy or despair. View quote
Edward Hallowell
All connections matter, but the people you depend upon matter most. View quote
Edward Hallowell
People associate hard work and overload with stress. But, like suffering, stress is complicated. Bad stress is stress that a system can't endure without suffering damage. It is unplanned, uncontrolled, allows no time for rest and recovery, and exceeds the capacity of the system to adjust to it. As the popular phrase suggests, it burns people out and, over time, it can decimate an entire workforce. View quote
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No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important. (Edward Hallowell)
You brain does its best when it is doing a task it can do well. That's basic brain science. View quote
Edward Hallowell
It is the greatest feeling in the world. When we shine, we defy death for the moment. We enter into a state of immersion in the craft we ply, a state in which we become one with what we do. View quote
Edward Hallowell