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Feb 18, 2014
"Sometimes, people can go missing right before our very eyes. Sometimes, we lose sight of ourselves when we're not paying enough attention." ---Cecelia Ahern-
Daniel Goleman on the Art of Attention
"If you go to a restaurant these days, for instance, you see people sitting together, at the same table, staring at their video screens, their phone, their iPad, or whatever it may be -- and not talking to each other," says Daniel Goleman, author of "Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence." In his book, Goleman postulates that our emotional intelligence is directly tied to our own self-awareness -- an awareness of our mind, our emotions, and that of those around us. "That's become the new norm. And what it means is that the connection is being damaged to some extent -- threatened by the fact that we're together, but we're not together. We're alone together."
BE THE CHANGE
Just for today, turn off those phones and walk away from that computer screen. And when someone blesses you with the gift of their presence, honor it with the attention that they so very much deserves.
