Influence in Action: How to Build Your Conversational Capacity, Do Meaningful Work, and Make a Powerful Difference

DISCIPLINED AWARENESS

Learning to Control Your Beam of Attention

Though it matters enormously for how we navigate life, attention in all its varieties represents a little-noticed and underrated mental asset.

—DANIEL GOLEMAN

If, like Steve, you want to take action, have influence, and make a difference, there’s a foundational ability you need to cultivate. Nurses use it to lessen anxiety and enhance their coping skills. Patients use it to reduce the impact of chronic pain and to maintain a positive state of mind during treatment. Pilots use it to improve their communication and decision making in a crisis. Soldiers use it to boost their energy ...