Happy, Calm Children Learn Best

The Best Leaders Don’t Know Just One Style Of Leadership—they’re Skilled At Several, And Have The Flexibility To Switch Between Styles As The Circumstances Dictate.

When I Went On To Write My Next Book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I Wanted To Make A Business Case That The Best Performers Were Those People Strong In These Skills.

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.

We Should Spend Less Time Ranking Children And More Time Helping Them To Identify Their Natural Competencies And Gifts, And Cultivate Those.

Empathy Represents The Foundation Skill For All The Social Competencies Important For Work.