# Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

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Book author: Daniel Goleman

Review and notes by Juvoni Beckford.

Rating: 6/10

Posted: 2016-01-21T19:00:00.000-05:00

Read: 2014-08-05

## Review

For a book, entitled Focus, I was disappointed by the book's lack of focus and a core message. Focus, describes three kinds of focus to drive us towards excellence: inner, outer and other and how balancing these are crucial. Inner awareness with mindfulness is a valuable point of the book as well as external awareness around our place within a system and how it affects other individuals and us. The book contained a lot of scattered research and other stories but failed to explain how to fully but the knowledge to use.

## Why I read it

Focus is a skill that can be improved, and it's vital to success professionally and personally. Daniel Goleman has written extensively about emotional intelligence, which was a very impactful read for more and I hope to gain a similar level of insights from focus.

## Reasons to read

- You want to improve your focus
- Improve your ability to prioritize and be more self-aware
- Learn from Goleman's attention research attention into: inner, other, and outer focus

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