“There’s another level at which attention operates. This has to do with leadership. I argue that leaders need three kinds of focus to be really effective."  - Daniel Goleman on Focus: The Secret to High Performance and Fulfilment  Next up in the video que was Daniel Goleman's talkLink to one version of transcript:Focus – The Secret to High Performance and Fulfilment: Daniel Goleman (Transcript)"There’s another level at which attention operates. This has to do with leadership. I argue that leaders need three kinds of focus to be really effective:The first is an inner focus. …And the circuitry that collects that life experience is very base brain. It’s very ancient in the brain and it has no direct connection to the part of the brain that thinks in words.  It has very rich connectivity to the gastrointestinal tract, to the gut. So we get a gut feeling – feels right, doesn’t feel right. Damasio calls them somatic markers. It’s a language of the body. And the ability to tune into this is extremely important because this is valuable data, too……And this inner sense is an ethical rudder. It answers the question- what I’m about to do in keeping with my sense of meaning, values, purpose, and ethics. That’s not a question that we answer first in words, we answer first in what feels right and doesn’t feel right. Then we put it into words. And every leader today needs a strong ethical rudder. So I’d say an inner awareness; inner focus is essential.Then there’s other focus, which is being able to read people, being able to tune into a person. There are three kinds of empathy. And this is empathy I’m talking about.·         Cognitive Empathy·         Emotional Empathy·         Empathic Concern…The third kind of focus is outer focus. This is very important, for example, in formulating, you need to understand the ecosystem within which your organization operates. You need to be able to sense what’s going to work, what we’ll need to do in the future and so on. And for that, you need to kind of systems view, big picture thinking…" Touching stories about technology and it’s role / interference in our livesAll of this seems to dovetail in quite nicely with everything else going on in life right now·         Story about leaving phone at work after dialogue with management·         Springtime stress·         Kitchen project·         Health CoachingLikely going to dial back the frequency of content release during the busiest seasons of the year  CLICK HERE TO RATE AND REVIEW THE PODCASTThe above link Or…please give it a rating on your podcast player of choice.Share it with a friend!  Follow this link to ALL EPISODES here      Have a Question or any feedback for Rob?  Join the community:t.me/allaroundgrowth  Support the showBecome a Patreon of the Show! ➡️ patreon.com/allaroundgrowth