Search Inside Yourself

Three of the ideas you’ll keep

The Clif summary of Search Inside Yourself pulls out 7 insights. Here are the first three.

1. Emotional intelligence is a learnable skill built on a base of attention training, not a fixed trait you either have or lack.
2. Train attention with short, frequent meditation: even one mindful breath counts, and meta-attention (noticing your mind wandered and gently returning) is the muscle that actually grows.
3. Shift how you hold emotions from 'I am angry' to 'I notice anger in my body' so feelings become data you can read instead of commands you must obey.

The other 4 — and the full 11-minute summary — are in the app.

What’s inside: 9 chapters

The whole summary runs about 11 minutes, read or listened to.

1. Even an Engineer Can Train Emotional Intelligence
2. Breathing As If Your Life Depends On It
3. Mindfulness Without Butt on Cushion
4. All-Natural, Organic Self-Confidence
5. Riding Your Emotions Like a Horse
6. Self-Motivation: Aligning, Envisioning, Bouncing Back
7. Empathy and the Monkey Business of Brain Tangos
8. Being Effective and Loved at the Same Time
9. Three Easy Steps to (Inner and World) Peace