Deliberate Calm: How to Learn and Lead in a Volatile World

by Jacqueline Brassey

The first step to detaching from our feelings and thoughts is to practice Dual Awareness, or the integrated awareness of both our external and internal environments and how they impact each other.

This is a key skill for leaders: to read the external reality as objectively as possible, relate it to how we feel, reflect on the decisions that need to be made, and choose how to best respond and engage.