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Learning about emotions is essential for anyone who wants to be a great leader.
Paying attention in fact is quite magical - it helps us store in our memory what we are learning.
Although nostalgia was once considered an unhealthy preoccupation, new research reveals that it improves people’s moods and is a sign of emotional well being.
Most people will experience at some point in their lives what scientists call “social pain” : being excluded or ignored from a group by friends or colleagues.
Putting things into perspective for busy people. More than a year ago I went on a ‘renewal trip’. One of my destinations was India...
Even though it is natural for the brain to seek certainty, a certain dose of fear can be useful to keep us alive.
If we notice what we are feeling, we can manage the emotion more effectively without letting it affect the other person.
How do we achieve this alpha state? When we get to relax, meditate and calm ourselves down.
Is “being human” a function of how our brain responds to certain types of people?
The prefrontal cortex has a limited capacity, being able to hold only 4 concepts at any one time and it is very susceptible to the neuro-chemical environment.
The prefrontal cortex gets affected significantly when leaders become overwhelmed with excessive information.
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