Daniel Goleman Quotes About Stress

Quotes about: Stress

• Women, on average, tend to be more aware of their emotions, show more empathy, and are more adept interpersonally. Men on the other hand, are more self-confident and optimistic, adapt more easily, and handle stress better.

  Daniel Goleman

  Stress, Optimistic, Men

  Daniel Goleman (2011). “Working With Emotional Intelligence”, p.7, Bantam

• The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected in favor of materialistic pursuits, we might have something to learn from the Hare Krishna devotees' meditational practices.

  Daniel Goleman

  Spiritual, Stress, Practice

• There are a host of surprises among longer-term meditators, like a boost in the immune system from a day of practice, which is not seen in beginners, and a rapid recovery from stress or pain. At the "Olympic level" we find there is no anticipatory anxiety when the stress of pain is certain to come, and no lingering aftereffects - unlike the stress reactions in ordinary folk.

  Daniel Goleman

  Pain, Stress, Recovery

• Whenever we feel stressed out, that's a signal that our brain is pumping out stress hormones. If sustained over months and years, those hormones can ruin our health and make us a nervous wreck.

  Daniel Goleman

  Stress, Years, Brain

  "How to Manage Holiday Stress" by Daniel Goleman, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 2, 2013.

• All the classical meditation traditions, in one way or another, stress nonattachment to the self as a goal of practice. Oddly, this dimension is largely ignored in scientific research, which tends to focus on health and other such benefits. I suppose the difference has to do with the contrast in views of the self from the spiritual and scientific perspectives. Scientists value the self; spiritual traditions have another perspective.

  Daniel Goleman

  Spiritual, Stress, Goal

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