Index

acceptance, 110, 111

accomplishments, 86–87

adrenaline, 42

agency, 112–113

Alzheimer’s disease, 43

amygdala, 5, 20, 24

anger, 7, 68

anxiety

about screwing up, 87

causes of, 44

and cognitive functioning, 112

and empathic concern, 24–25

and feeling overwhelmed, 67, 69

and prevention focus, 87–88

attention. See also awareness; focus/focusing

to breathing, 69

control over, 11, 14–18

and creativity, 34

directing, 3

and distractions, 55–61

and excellence, 36

exercises to strengthen, 8–9

focusing your, 3–4, 68–70

and leadership, 35–36

management of, 121–130

and mindfulness, 47–48

modes of, 3–4

phases of, 57–60

and power hierarchy, 29–30

selective, 9, 34

to social context, 28

word origins of, 18

attention economy, 134

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