Table of Contents
1 The Subtle Faculty 1
Part I The Anatomy of Attention
2 Basics 13
3 Attention Top and Bottom 24
4 The Value of a Mind Adrift 39
5 Finding Balance 47
Part II Self-Awareness
6 The Inner Rudder 61
7 Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us 68
8 A Recipe for Self-Control 76
Part III Reading Others
9 The Woman Who Knew Too Much 93
10 The Empathy Triad 98
11 Social Sensitivity 116
Part IV The Bigger Context
12 Patterns, Systems, and Messes 129
13 System Blindness 136
14 Distant Threats 146
Part V Smart Practice
15 The Myth of 10,000 Hours 161
16 Brains on Games 176
17 Breathing Buddies 186
Part VI The Well-Focused Leader
18 How Leaders Direct Attention 209
19 The Leader's Triple Focus 221
20 What Makes a Leader? 233
Part VII The Big Picture
21 Leading for the Long Future 249
Acknowledgments 259
Resources 261
Notes 266
Index 295