Focus: the Hidden Driver of Excellence | Daniel Goleman | Talks at Google
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Published 2013-12-06
Combining cutting-edge research with practical findings, Focus delves into the science of attention in all its varieties, presenting a long overdue discussion of this little-noticed and under-rated mental asset. In an era of unstoppable distractions, Goleman persuasively argues that now more than ever we must learn to sharpen focus if we are to survive in a complex world.
Goleman boils down attention research into a threesome: inner, other, and outer focus. Drawing on rich case studies from fields as diverse as competitive sports, education, the arts, and business, he shows why high-achievers need all three kinds of focus, and explains how those who rely on Smart Practices—mindfulness meditation, focused preparation and recovery, positive emotions and connections, and mental "prosthetics" that help them improve habits, add new skills, and sustain greatness—excel while others do not.
All Comments (21)
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The problem with this video is that while you watch it, you start reading the comments at the same time.. therefore you lose focus.
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endless seductions -- so pervasive in our culture. Any lecture that gives us insight to keep on track (when so many distractions take us away from our immediate concern or task) is of value.
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2:36 party on !!
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Mindfulness , by Buddha , 5000 years ago. Emotional intelligence, 1990. I enjoy the way things are progressing and being explained scientifically, Something very important to us, spirituality should be practiced also. Mind , body, spirit.
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How wonderful to hear such a brilliant mind sum up how destructively our industrial systems deviate from Nature. I sincerely hope more people (from Google and beyond) really start incorporating Biomimicry as an elegant & powerful lens for finding solutions. P.S. I love that Google brings in authors for lectures at the office!
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Awesome talk, thank you for sharing, I equally love the most accurate & simplified description, on complex issue such as achieving the most desired state, state of flow.
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basically a 1h reminder of getting back to work
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I'm thankful for this lecture once again; focus, attention and cognition. Environment and health promotes the social well being of an individual as well as those around, it helps to listen to one's environment, to others and apply empathy when necessary to resolve a ' wicked ' problem. Thank you Daniel Goleman.
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15:00 Good work - Howard Gardner: Combines our best kills (what we are excellent at), what we love (what engages us), and what we believe in (sense of ethics, value, purpose, and meaning). Alignment of excellent, engagement, and ethics.
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Such a great lecture. These google talks are amazing! Thanks for sharing them.
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Yea, this the right audience to lecture about focus. It's those guys who allow/encourage YouTubers to placd ads in the middle of videos. Yea, great idea. 'How not to support a society's ability to focus and to memorise coherent information'. Well done!
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Once again, Dr. Goleman never fails to leave you with tools that pragmatic and blanket everyone pragmatically. His material is absolute gold!
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Time well spent with tons of practical application
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Three years have passed and the talk is still very useful and up to date. thank you.
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SUPERB , GREAT LESSON OF FOCUS
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I'm reading this book right now and it's wonderful
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muy buena elección es tener este nuevo libro y disfrutar atentamente de sus páginas con aleccionadores estímulos para estar "enfocados/as"
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Just finished this brilliant book! Daniel Goldman is superb!
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Thank you for the lecture :).
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An incredible speaker and intellect on the subject, speaking the speak at Google which is helping destroying people’s attention every second of every day. Interesting, that’s all. No one can stop the addiction to smartphones but themselves.
