Doggedness Depends On Emotional Traits - Enthusiasm

All The Classical Meditation Traditions, In One Way Or Another, Stress Nonattachment To The Self As A Goal Of Practice. Oddly, This Dimension Is Largely Ignored In Scientific Research, Which Tends To Focus On Health And Other Such Benefits. I Suppose The Difference Has To Do With The Contrast In Views Of The Self From The Spiritual And Scientific Perspectives. Scientists Value The Self; Spiritual Traditions Have Another Perspective.

Overloading Attention Shrinks Mental Control. Life Immersed In Digital Distractions Creates A Near Constant Cognitive Overload. And That Overload Wears Out Self-control.

Well, Any Effort To Maximize Your Potential And Ability Is A Good Thing.

A Leader Tuned Out Of His Internal World Will Be Rudderless; One Blind To The World Of Others Will Be Clueless; Those Indifferent To The Larger Systems Within Which They Operate Will Be Blindsided.

When It Comes To Exploring The Mind In The Framework Of Cognitive Neuroscience, The Maximal Yield Of Data Comes From Integrating What A Person Experiences - The First Person - With What The Measurements Show - The Third Person.