Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
by Daniel Goleman
Goleman's attention book: inner focus (self-awareness), other focus (empathy), outer focus (systems), the neuroscience of distraction, and why attention is the under-rated ingredient in performance and leadership. It is wide and a little diffuse, and the three-focus model is useful.
Read it if…
you want attention treated as a leadership skill, not a productivity trick.
Skip it if…
you want tactics; the book is a survey.
Three things you will actually use
- Attention has three directions; leaders need all three.
- Empathy is a form of attention.
- Systems awareness is the rarest focus.
Do this first
Rate yourself on inner, other and outer focus and read the section on your weakest.
Our verdict
Attention in three directions.
Compare with other Focus books
The Mind Illuminated
Culadasa (John Yates) · Focus
Systematic and demanding; the advanced manual.
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