Being in Touch Part 2: Practice of Understanding and Managing Self and Others

Abstract

The following sections are included:Connecting from the HeartSegment 1: Self-Awareness ClusterOverview: Understanding Emotional and Social CompetenciesFlashback: The First Mindset of Focussed Attention RevisitedSelf-Awareness: Co-opting Your Feelings for Decision-MakingSegment 2: Self-Management ClusterSelf-Control: A Moral Muscle for Life's Heavy-LiftingMarshmallow Experiment: A Gift that Keeps on Giving!Grab or Wait: The "Hot and Cool System" Energising WillpowerPredictive Powers: Childhood Self-Control and Adult Quality of LifeChildhood Self-Control: Marshmallow Pre-Schoolers 12–14 Years LaterDunedin Study: Universal Power of Childhood Self-ControlBuilding the Moral Muscle: "Strength Model" of Self-ControlPowering Self-Control: Overcoming "Muscle Fatigue"Last Word: The Nature versus Nurture DebateSegment 3: Resilience and MindsetsResilience: Bouncing-Back is Nothing Out of the OrdinaryResilience Processes: A Continuum from "Just Staying Alive" to "Healthy Functioning"Mindsets: What You Believe Determines Your Resilience in Difficult TimesConclusion: Drawing the Strings TogetherSegment 4: Social Awareness ClusterIntroduction: Fight, Flight or (Be)FriendSocial Awareness: Your Healing TouchRelational Aggression: Little Ladies Acting Like Big BulliesPeople are Contagious: Picking-Up on the Strong Signals of True EmotionsReflecting the Outside World: Acting on What you "See" in Your BrainThree Processes of Empathy: Into the Feelings of OthersConclusion: Empathy at the Heart of Social AwarenessSegment 5: Relationship Management ClusterIntroduction: Relationship ManagementSNS and PSNS: A Dance of Balance for HomeostasisCompassion: An In-Built Capacity for CaringClarifying Conceptual Muddling: Sympathy, Empathy, and CompassionRenewal: Compassion Makes Leadership Grow StrongerConclusion: Relationships Underpin Resonant LeadershipChapter Synopsis: Summing Up the Four ClustersTask for your Personal and Professional Contemplation