Mind Fitness: How Meditation Boosts Your Focus, Resilience, and Brain | Daniel Goleman | Big Think

Meditation is like a gym for your brain. If you follow through and exercise (in this case, your brain) every single day pretty soon you’ll see results. Psychologist and science journalist Daniel Goleman posits that meditation truly leads you to an “altered state” similar to psychotropic drugs, albeit in a much more lasting and positive way that Goleman calls an “altered trait.” Meditation is the opposite of stress in that with meditation we can unlearn stress; consider stress junk food for your brain and meditation as the gym that can repair and reshape you after years of a bad brain diet! Goleman’s new book is Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence.