Compassion Begins With Attention.

Empathy And Social Skills Are Social Intelligence, The Interpersonal Part Of Emotional Intelligence. That's Why They Look Alike.

The Harvard Business Review Recently Had An Article Called 'the Human Moment,' About How To Make Real Contact With A Person At Work: ... The Fundamental Thing You Have To Do Is Turn Off Your Blackberry, Close Your Laptop, End Your Daydream And Pay Full Attention To The Person.

The Ability To Handle Stress Increases With The Practice Of Meditation. In A Culture Like Ours In Which Inner, Spiritual Growth Is Totally Neglected In Favor Of Materialistic Pursuits, We Might Have Something To Learn From The Hare Krishna Devotees' Meditational Practices.

For The High Achievers, Studying Gave Them The Pleasing, Absorbing Challenge Of Flow 40 Percent Of The Hours They Spent At It. But For Low Achievers, Studying Produced Flow Only 16 Percent Of The Time; More Often That Not, It Yielded Anxiety, With The Demands Outreaching Their Abilities...the Low Achievers Found Pleasure And Flow In Socializing, Not In Studying.

Attention Is A Little-noticed And Underrated Mental Asset.