A review by miss_canthus
Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman

4.0

When I bought this book, I thought it would mainly give tipps on how to zoom in on a task you want to complete in a distracting world. This is not the case. Rather you get a full journey through the operations of the mind and what is important to thrive in getting things done in a bigger perspective. It is really good in helping if you don't know why stuff in your project might not be working but not so if you just want to know how to get into flow. Despite the fact that it didn't match my expectations, I liked reading it and I learned a lot. The mixture of studies mentioned and vivid examples given is great, so reading never gets boring.

And a big plus: Goleman refers to example-actors (eg docters, students, CEOs etc) as "she" just as often as "he". And it never hinders the flow of reading.