Focus: the Hidden Driver of Excellence | Daniel Goleman | Talks at Google

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2013
  • In Focus, Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman, author of the #1 international bestseller 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.
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  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly 8 лет назад +66

    endless seductions -- so pervasive in our culture. Any lecture that gives us insight to keep on track (when so many distractions take us away from our immediate concern or task) is of value.

    • @bhinderbinder
      @bhinderbinder 7 лет назад

      ... were the seductions planned? think about it ...

  • @benitomontero1704
    @benitomontero1704 4 года назад +30

    The problem with this video is that while you watch it, you start reading the comments at the same time.. therefore you lose focus.

  • @BennyBlancoo
    @BennyBlancoo 6 лет назад +5

    Awesome talk, thank you for sharing, I equally love the most accurate & simplified description, on complex issue such as achieving the most desired state, state of flow.

  • @lizgichora6472
    @lizgichora6472 Год назад +3

    I'm thankful for this lecture once again; focus, attention and cognition. Environment and health promotes the social well being of an individual as well as those around, it helps to listen to one's environment, to others and apply empathy when necessary to resolve a ' wicked ' problem. Thank you Daniel Goleman.

  • @joelarao8363
    @joelarao8363 6 лет назад +11

    Three years have passed and the talk is still very useful and up to date.
    thank you.

    • @goldnutter412
      @goldnutter412 2 года назад

      Yes, I try to convey this fact every day. Time is finite, mental resources are finite.

    • @bix194
      @bix194 Год назад

      8 years now!

  • @ifeanyio7253
    @ifeanyio7253 3 года назад +4

    15:00 Good work - Howard Gardner: Combines our best kills (what we are excellent at), what we love (what engages us), and what we believe in (sense of ethics, value, purpose, and meaning). Alignment of excellent, engagement, and ethics.

    • @plko90
      @plko90 2 года назад

      Spelling/grammar fix and expansion: 15:00 Howard Gardner: "Good Work" combines our best skills (what we are excellent at), what we love doing (what engages us), and what we believe in (our sense of ethics, values, purpose, and meaning). In other words, an alignment of Excellence, Engagement and Ethics, resulting in an attentional state of maximal cognitive efficiency or maximal neural harmony, a state of "flow".

  • @azharoslan
    @azharoslan 9 лет назад +22

    2:36 party on !!

  • @oysterpopsicles3362
    @oysterpopsicles3362 8 лет назад +3

    Once again, Dr. Goleman never fails to leave you with tools that pragmatic and blanket everyone pragmatically. His material is absolute gold!

  • @ftnsco
    @ftnsco 8 лет назад +16

    Such a great lecture. These google talks are amazing! Thanks for sharing them.

  • @ginnyfitzsimmons2541
    @ginnyfitzsimmons2541 10 лет назад +3

    Time well spent with tons of practical application

  • @kennethlee6903
    @kennethlee6903 7 лет назад +18

    Mindfulness , by Buddha , 5000 years ago.
    Emotional intelligence, 1990.
    I enjoy the way things are progressing and being explained scientifically,
    Something very important to us, spirituality should be practiced also.
    Mind , body, spirit.

    • @sanjiimr
      @sanjiimr 6 лет назад

      Kenneth Lee i was also wondering the same..

  • @LisaPellegrino
    @LisaPellegrino 10 лет назад +11

    How wonderful to hear such a brilliant mind sum up how destructively our industrial systems deviate from Nature. I sincerely hope more people (from Google and beyond) really start incorporating Biomimicry as an elegant & powerful lens for finding solutions. P.S. I love that Google brings in authors for lectures at the office!

  • @JK-pe4hr
    @JK-pe4hr 3 года назад

    Yea, this the right audience to lecture about focus. It's those guys who allow/encourage RUclipsrs to placd ads in the middle of videos. Yea, great idea. 'How not to support a society's ability to focus and to memorise coherent information'. Well done!

  • @shmutz6051
    @shmutz6051 4 года назад +5

    basically a 1h reminder of getting back to work

  • @bentemela2739
    @bentemela2739 9 лет назад +4

    Just finished this brilliant book! Daniel Goldman is superb!

  • @ricardowgomes
    @ricardowgomes 4 года назад +6

    I'm reading this book right now and it's wonderful

  • @grakhel
    @grakhel 10 лет назад +2

    Thank you for the lecture :).

  • @macll1
    @macll1 10 лет назад +3

    muy buena elección es tener este nuevo libro y disfrutar atentamente de sus páginas con aleccionadores estímulos para estar "enfocados/as"

  • @Truongchihai83
    @Truongchihai83 5 лет назад +2

    SUPERB , GREAT LESSON OF FOCUS

  • @sonicapujji
    @sonicapujji 2 года назад +3

    I loved everything about this talk. Great takeaways for someone designing learning experiences. Thanks for having such great conversations and sharing it @Google.

  • @MekonenMeteor123
    @MekonenMeteor123 3 года назад +3

    Love the opening guy lol

  • @victoriabarbaros8788
    @victoriabarbaros8788 2 года назад +6

    A wonderful speech that I savored with my ears and mind :) However, I am a bit confused about a thing. At 10:46 Mr. Goleman specifies that " ... managing ourselves turns out to be based on how aware we are of ourselves.". Is it always the case for it to be that way? As far as I know, according to the Big Five model, being aware of ourselves relates to the trait Conscientiousness and self-consciousness is a trait facet of Neuroticism. There is no correlation between Neuroticism and Conscientiousness, meaning they are independent of one another. So while listening, I was still thinking "There are so many people overly conscious of what they feel and still not able to manage their emotions.". So maybe the cognitive ability to inhibit impulses is more important in this case? ( Sorry for this long comment. I am simply very curios about this topic :)) )

  • @sanjiimr
    @sanjiimr 6 лет назад

    8:53 How do you tackle it, when the top 10% of the role holders have variation in the traits exhibitted,due to their style of working (equifinality)? Does the competency model hold its relevance?

  • @DanielFonseca1
    @DanielFonseca1 10 лет назад +5

    A great talk from a brilliant mind.

  • @anikyt7570
    @anikyt7570 6 лет назад +3

    Great speech !! Thank you Talks at Google

  • @saintjabroni
    @saintjabroni 2 года назад

    An incredible speaker and intellect on the subject, speaking the speak at Google which is helping destroying people’s attention every second of every day. Interesting, that’s all. No one can stop the addiction to smartphones but themselves.

  • @GR_BackingTracks
    @GR_BackingTracks 11 месяцев назад

    15:05 "good work" - excellence + engagement + ethic

  • @timeabezdan9927
    @timeabezdan9927 7 лет назад

    Well, I think that connection between making love and focus is worth to think about that....

  • @TheAlirezaSha
    @TheAlirezaSha 5 лет назад +3

    34:34 the moment that you realize, we have 20 more minutes, let’s forget the subject of the talk and speak about Human Footprint on earth! Really!!!!

  • @claungwen
    @claungwen 9 лет назад

    Thank you so much, Google !

  • @lizgichora6472
    @lizgichora6472 3 года назад +1

    Thank you very much.

  • @JoshuaRaichur
    @JoshuaRaichur 10 лет назад +1

    Great talk!

  • @tchedoumenou1165
    @tchedoumenou1165 5 лет назад

    my heart has melted @19:47 ,damn you you lucky cameraman !! cant't focus anymore...

  • @cyc7lops
    @cyc7lops 5 лет назад +1

    Fabulous lecture; this one won't waste your time.

    • @manjunatham8835
      @manjunatham8835 4 года назад

      There is no such thing as wasting time, whether you give it others or give it yourself both do not make any sense. Time is running away every day.

  • @CristobalRuiz
    @CristobalRuiz Год назад

    What a great introduction! I wish I was I had a friend like that fella!

  • @bazar_historias_peludas
    @bazar_historias_peludas Год назад

    Thanks Google Talks!

  • @femmefatale5715
    @femmefatale5715 9 лет назад +5

    that was awesome !!!

  • @jimmyramos6296
    @jimmyramos6296 3 года назад +1

    Focus to the solution and breaking the hard core.

  • @diegonayalazo
    @diegonayalazo 2 года назад

    Thanks for sharing

  • @vouserdelegado
    @vouserdelegado 8 лет назад +1

    Thanks 😀

  • @ireneulbrich2720
    @ireneulbrich2720 9 лет назад

    Inspired to learn more about our everyday working brain, emotional and physical!

  • @meseletsegaye3998
    @meseletsegaye3998 5 месяцев назад

    Daniel Golamen a lecture who a Good exepration

  • @rajansahu6720
    @rajansahu6720 2 года назад +1

    45:04 Reinvent Everything!

  • @giscertified
    @giscertified 9 лет назад +2


    How wonderful to hear... do you come to india?

  • @tanha8178
    @tanha8178 2 года назад +1

    Any idea on the book about focus, written by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt?. To be honest, I trust someone with true deep expertise like Daniel Coleman to make a speech, that sharing real first hand knowledge, rather than those who make money with talking and writing selfhelp books and no real acclaimed expertise ---And that includes Jim Rohn, the Herbalife dude, and Brian Tracy, the sale guy.

  • @lucasscolari1215
    @lucasscolari1215 2 года назад

    Amazing

  • @dilpagalho4306
    @dilpagalho4306 5 лет назад +4

    Had to run this at 1.5x otherwise I'd loose focus :)

  • @virginiapetkova
    @virginiapetkova 8 лет назад +6

    I want to add Bulgarian subtitles to this video. Is it possible and what should I do?

    • @jsarvesh
      @jsarvesh 7 лет назад

      support.google.com/youtube/answer/2734796?hl=en

  • @MasterRealYou
    @MasterRealYou 8 месяцев назад

    information consumes your attention

  • @PaulaStreet
    @PaulaStreet 9 лет назад +5

    what about tapping into the creativity of ADD students in the educational system, rather than just classifying it as a problem all through the school years - the educational system should adapt, not the other way around....

  • @Austin-nf7cx
    @Austin-nf7cx Год назад

    Ironically ... am listening while coding :D ! Focus !

  • @simonwang4389
    @simonwang4389 7 лет назад +2

    24:35

  • @marchelandersen6839
    @marchelandersen6839 2 года назад

    gut feeling , what about experiances

  • @gopalkrishna294
    @gopalkrishna294 3 года назад

    Can anyone summary whole video

  • @dbsk06
    @dbsk06 5 лет назад +1

    Reading comments on a video on focus

  • @charlessmyth
    @charlessmyth 6 лет назад

    I thought that was Eric Schmidt at 11:12, but it's not :-)

  • @lauratan4392
    @lauratan4392 4 года назад +1

    11:06 the way this man's looking at Daniel is absolutely terrifying.

    • @thelastsamuraiRonin
      @thelastsamuraiRonin 2 года назад

      😀 he is trying to "focus" in a hard way.

    • @plko90
      @plko90 2 года назад

      He is thinking deeply - he asked three questions at the end!

  • @mintusaren895
    @mintusaren895 Год назад

    Follow diversion.
    By diversity.
    Not guide line

  • @simonwang4389
    @simonwang4389 7 лет назад +1

    28:26

  • @sanjeevnayak4063
    @sanjeevnayak4063 Год назад

    I find it it hard to focus while listening to this. Can someone summarise it

  • @AMMIMTIC
    @AMMIMTIC 4 года назад

    Notes to myself:
    Hiring: 9:00

  • @crono282
    @crono282 10 месяцев назад

    0:13 Emootion... 👀

  • @maheshshimoga204
    @maheshshimoga204 2 года назад

    Divrrsions in all ways is the culprit

  • @thunderlei1865
    @thunderlei1865 8 лет назад +2

    49:56 Q: cognitive control

  • @simonwang4389
    @simonwang4389 7 лет назад +1

    15:40

  • @okybastian.5840
    @okybastian.5840 4 года назад +1

    18:00

  • @smartgenes1
    @smartgenes1 3 года назад

    Flow is something like a bored state, not an aware state at all.

  • @siddharthjani3637
    @siddharthjani3637 2 года назад

    What happened after 40 mins? Where did it go or was it my Focus?

  • @princekumaryadav1932
    @princekumaryadav1932 Год назад

    ❤️

  • @stn5334
    @stn5334 Год назад

    Who’s the first guy I love their friendship

  • @leswhitetrash697
    @leswhitetrash697 3 года назад +1

    At 8:20 a woman is looking at her phone.

  • @KoolIsKeith
    @KoolIsKeith 10 лет назад +7

    The people they cut to in the audience all look mad for some reason, haha.

  • @okybastian.5840
    @okybastian.5840 4 года назад

    45:00

  • @eoadedapo2071
    @eoadedapo2071 2 года назад

    What is the meaning of ADD?

    • @plko90
      @plko90 2 года назад +1

      Attention Deficit Disorder

    • @eoadedapo2071
      @eoadedapo2071 2 года назад

      @@plko90 Thank you Sir/Ma

  • @TheSWATSPAM
    @TheSWATSPAM 7 лет назад

    This needs ENG sub titles

    • @8Trails50
      @8Trails50 7 лет назад +1

      Closed captioning has pretty good subtitles.

  • @susancappello5213
    @susancappello5213 3 года назад

    skin care products? Where did that come from?

  • @sands7779
    @sands7779 2 года назад

    06:30 floor effect

  • @okybastian.5840
    @okybastian.5840 4 года назад

    32:00

  • @linwang8068
    @linwang8068 Год назад

    Who is this Meng?

  • @enormfilms9935
    @enormfilms9935 6 лет назад +1

    8:22

  • @bhaskartripathi
    @bhaskartripathi 9 месяцев назад

    Dont read comments. The video is on focus!

  • @simonwang4389
    @simonwang4389 7 лет назад

    2:35

  • @ashuua2909
    @ashuua2909 7 лет назад

    He will find him, and make him SQUEAL! I know a squealer when I see one, and that,

  • @Stupchek
    @Stupchek 6 лет назад

    52:42 The penguin has escaped gotham city to attend google seminar.

  • @ycnexu
    @ycnexu 8 лет назад +12

    So, the talk is about focus until the speaker drifts off topic to some generic environmental awareness concern... thing (that I personally don't care about). So much for the focus then.
    (still find the talk useful)

  • @user-oe1iq9ir4b
    @user-oe1iq9ir4b 3 года назад

    Dry beast 11

  • @lewy7601
    @lewy7601 5 лет назад

    Ok, he explained John Wick's focus.

  • @mohammadhuzaifa7
    @mohammadhuzaifa7 5 лет назад

    Didn't Expet To Hear About Dan Segul

  • @TheAlirezaSha
    @TheAlirezaSha 5 лет назад +1

    The talk is supposed to be about “focus”, but surprisingly the talk doesn’t make a coherent focused lecture! To me he just narrate whatever interesting comes to his mind! Ironically, this is the example not being focused!

    • @TheAlirezaSha
      @TheAlirezaSha 5 лет назад

      34:34 the moment that you realize, we have 20 more minutes, let’s forget the subject of the talk and speak about Human Footprint on earth! Really!!!!

  • @smiechu47
    @smiechu47 6 лет назад +1

    It was interesting until the point when he started talking about the footprint. Guess what, my amygdala doesn't care.

  • @awesoome
    @awesoome 2 года назад

    Stop 🛑 reading the comments and focus on the video ✋🏼

  • @HassanuddinKasim
    @HassanuddinKasim 6 лет назад +1

    damn i lost focus.

  • @hanter4898
    @hanter4898 3 года назад

    "Intelligente warrior 69"

  • @asapb
    @asapb 3 месяца назад

    no mention of the presenter yall sure are funny

  • @user-jg4mu6vn5e
    @user-jg4mu6vn5e 3 года назад

    Bad hunter 97

  • @meio4744
    @meio4744 8 лет назад +3

    Is it just me or is this talk all over the place - it ends with discussion about global warming what?

    • @galinaa.schwartz2
      @galinaa.schwartz2 8 лет назад

      +mo O it is you, and me too. ==> it is all over the place. but still leave a good overall feel.

    • @Deleted_Account_2023
      @Deleted_Account_2023 8 лет назад

      +mo O Yeah... I was wondering about the same thing haha!

  • @YoLninYo
    @YoLninYo 7 лет назад

    Nothing irks me more than people who use an obscure abbreviation define it once in the beginning and then keep talking about it for the next 25 minutes... LCA... LCA blah blah blah LCA

  • @daveatlw
    @daveatlw 4 года назад

    .

  • @paulocgrf
    @paulocgrf 7 лет назад

    51:16 - Instruction CDs for kids

  • @susancappello5213
    @susancappello5213 3 года назад +1

    I lost interest so much I started reading the reviews to see if it was just me. The comments are hilarious and kept my attention better than the lecture.