Focus

The Hidden Driver of Excellence

De: Daniel Goleman

Narrado por: Daniel Goleman

In Focus, Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman, author of the #1 international best-seller Emotional Intelligence, offers a groundbreaking look at today's scarcest resource and the secret to high performance and fulfillment: attention.

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.

©2013 Daniel Goleman (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers

Excellent!

This book is excellent both in terms of its insightful and well researched content, as well as it’s excellent execution. I highly recommend this book for any serious investigator of mindfulness, attentional development or human performance. It’s another substantive contribution to the already valuable insights and literature the author has offered to consciousness development. Thank you again. Please keep up the good work.

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I expected this book to have more detailed lessons on learning to focus; however, it was very broad on the subject and ended with a strange diatribe about fixing the global environment for the future.

Interesting

The recording quality for the audiobook was poor. It sounded like he was too close to the microphone but I could still not hear him well with the volume turned all the way up. The book was not what I was expecting because he did go a round about way of talking about the subject but he did have many good points to make.

Some good sections, but author has a hard time staying on task

When this book talks about focus, it has good ideas and suggestions. There are several sections throughout the book, though, where the author wanders away from his declared subject and addresses his personal views regarding the environment, financial inequality, and other social issues. The book could have been improved if had stuck to the announced topic at hand.

Great Read

This book is a great and timely read. It provides a wide view on effective leadership and what really matters in the world. Thank you Daniel Goleman.

A lot of Great information. Highly Recommend it.

I enjoyed listening to the book overall. There was a lot of great information. But my biggest issue was that it was too much research without any "How to" suggested actions/next steps. I love books that give you a lot of great details and then tell you how to implement it. There were times that this felt like a textbook. Nevertheless, it was great information to help with your #selfimprovement #mentalhealth #career #financial and #selfcontrol #SelfDiscovery #tagsgiving and #sweepstakes

Great book, poor listen

Have great insights but the performance of the author is not so good, is like he speaks to inside instead of properly protecting his voice.

A must read, not without flaws

Greatly enjoyed the book. Even though the voice performance is low, it is mostly understandable. There are some chapters that veer off into areas of climate change, and other topics unrelated to the title, which is annoying but the first half is a treasure.

Good concept but too long

Good concept but in my point of view Dr Goleman brought too many points to this book and the result was it became too long.. could have more focus on the key messages...

Very good book.

I love how he integrates brain science into the book along with philosophy and just plain common sense. I think all educators and teachers of any subject at any level should read this book. It’s definitely on my favorites list.