Empathy And Social Skills Are Social Intelligence,

There Is Perhaps No Psychological Skill More Fundamental Than Resisting Impulse. It Is The Root Of All Emotional Self-control, Since All Emotions, By Their Very Nature, Lead To One Or Another Impulse To Act. The Root Meaning Of The Word Emotion, Remember, Is "to Move.

Some Children Naturally Have More Cognitive Control Than Others, And In All Kids This Essential Skill Is Being Compromised By The Usual Suspects: Smartphones, Tv, Etc. But There Are Many Ways That Adults Can Help Kids Learn Better Cognitive Control.

While There I Began To Study The Asian Religions As Theories Of Mind.

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.

There Are Some Surprising Payoffs With Only A Few Minutes' Practice, Like Eliminating The Loss Of Concentration That Multitasking Usually Brings. Short Daily Mindfulness Practice In Beginners Also Improves Memory, To The Point That A Group Of Students Who Volunteered For A Study Got Significantly Better Scores On Their Graduate School Entrance Exams.