Quotes About Connection

Daniel Goleman

Television, as the poet T. S. Eliot warned in 1963, when the then-new medium was spreading into homes, "permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.

Feelings of inclusion depend not so much on having frequent social contacts or numerous relationships as on how accepted we feel, even in just a few key relationships.

El Dalai Lama compartió un dato del que se enteró hace tiempo: si a los recién nacidos se les sostiene regularmente con afecto, sus cerebros se desarrollan mejor que en aquellos que se desatienden, y que apenas se les toca, por no hablar de sostenerlos.51 Los bebés separados de sus padres muestran timidez e impotencia, y los monos separados de bebés de sus madres crecen estando más tensos y siendo más agresivos.52

A leader tuned out of his internal world will be rudderless; one blind to the world of others will be clueless; those indifferent to the larger systems within which they operate will be blindsided.

The biological influence passing from person to person suggests a new dimension of a life well lived: conducting ourselves in ways that are beneficial even at this subtle level for those with whom we connect.

Daniel Goleman

Primal empathy: Feeling with others; sensing nonverbal emotional signals. Attunement: Listening with full receptivity; attuning to a person. Empathic accuracy: Understanding another person's thoughts, feelings, and intentions. Social cognition: Knowing how the social world works. Social Facility

Similarly, of all emotional signals, smiles are the most contagious; they have an almost irresistible power to make others smile in return.

dotar de inteligencia a la emoción

las emociones perturbadoras y las relaciones tóxicas han sido identificadas como factores de riesgo que favorecen la aparición de algunas enfermedades.

Empatía cognitiva: la habilidad para entender el punto de vista de otra persona. •Empatía emocional: la habilidad para experimentar los sentimientos de otra persona. •Preocupación empática: la habilidad para percibir lo que una persona necesita de ti.

Empathy is the prime inhibitor of human cruelty: withholding our natural inclination to feel with another allows us to treat the other as an It.

A forma como nos vemos na hierarquia social parece determinar o grau de atenção que damos: mais vigilantes quando nos sentimos subordinados, menos quando nos sentimos superiores. Em suma, quanto mais nos preocupamos com alguém, mais atenção lhe prestamos – e quanto mais atenção lhe prestamos, mais nos preocupamos. A atenção entrelaça-se com o amor.

La gente tiende a ser muy eficiente en la gestión de las relaciones cuando logra comprender y controlar sus emociones y demostrar empatía por las de los demás.

Por ello decimos que el líder desconectado de su mundo interno carece de timón, el indiferente a los sistemas mayores en los que se mueve está perdido, y el inconsciente ante el mundo interpersonal está ciego.

ilustran el modo en que, adueñándose de nuestra atención, la tecnología entorpece nuestras relaciones.

Todos formamos parte de la caja de herramientas del otro para el cambio emocional, para bien o para mal.

Transmitimos e captamos modos uns dos outros, algo como uma economia subterrânea da psique, em que alguns encontros são tóxicos, outros, revigorantes.

Para que Servem as Emoções? É com o coração que se vê corretamente; o essencial é invisível aos olhos. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, O Pequeno Príncipe

Two waves in the ocean are talking to each other. The front wave tells the second that it's frightened because it is about to crash into the shore and cease to exist. But the second wave shows no fear. It explains to the first: You are frightened because you think you are a wave; I am not frightened because know I am part of the ocean.

Missing feels like a sad spot in my heart...Missing means I love her.

Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.

Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate and to connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.