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Why Focus Is The Hidden Driver Of Excellence

Why Focus Is The Hidden Driver Of Excellence

Dan Goleman is an internationally known psychologist and science journalist. He is co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He is also a board member of the Mind & Life Institute. As a science journalist, Dr.Goleman was awarded the Washburn Award. He was also awarded the Lifetime Career Award from the American Psychologists Association and was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has authored many books, the most lauded of which is Emotional Intelligence which was on the New York Times Bestseller List for a year and a half. Some of his other titles include ‘The Meditative Mind’ and ‘Focus, The Hidden Driver of Excellence’.

In this interview Melli and Dan talk about why focus is the key to excellence in any field and why we need to be aware of the effects of technology on our brains.

Dan speaks about how we can make HH the Dalai Lama’s vision for a compassionate world a reality and how we can become more conscious consumers and better custodians of the planet.

In the second video enjoy a mindfulness practice led by Australian mindfulness teacher Hannah Perkins.

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Check out Melli’s blog, events and retreats at MrsMindfulness.com

You can check out Dan’s books and events on his website here

You can go to Dan’s work on ‘more than sound’ here

You can check out his book ‘A Force For Good’ here on Amazon

Dan mentioned the Environmental Working Group’s ‘skin deep’ website which you can find here

You might also like to explore…
www.Joinaforce4good.org
www.tarabennettgoleman.org

If you’d like to know more about Hannahs teaching go to huntermindfulness.com/home/hannah-perkins

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