Daniel Goleman on the Importance of Cultivating Focus (Video Playlist)
Best-selling author and social-emotional learning pioneer Daniel Goleman offers tips and insights from his new book about how focus drives achievement and success.
Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist, author, and science journalist. Goleman wrote the New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence; his latest book is Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence. Goleman is also a co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Keep up to date with Goleman on Twitter or on his website.
View Individual Videos on YouTube:
- Daniel Goleman: The Emotional Atmosphere of a Classroom Matters (1:10)
- Daniel Goleman: Three Kinds of Focus (1:33)
- Daniel Goleman: Distraction is the New Normal (1:24)
- Daniel Goleman: Breathing Buddies (1:48)
- Daniel Goleman: Attention is Like a Muscle (1:16)
- Daniel Goleman: The Importance of Downtime (1:34)
- Daniel Goleman: Parents Teach Focus (1:34)
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