The book club
Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan
BooksEpisode 598 minJuly 29, 2026

Search Inside Yourself

Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan

Emotional intelligence can be trained like a muscle, and the training is attention. Tan built a mindfulness course inside Google to prove it.

attentionemotional intelligencemindfulness

Streams through Spotify. Free account works.

Open in Spotify

About this episode

What if improving your mental wellbeing starts with something as simple as paying attention? In today's episode, let's delve into the book "Search Inside Yourself" by Chade-Meng Tan, which explores how training our attention can strengthen emotional intelligence and the way we respond to everyday challenges!

Key takeaways

  1. 1

    Attention training is the foundation of self-awareness, which is the foundation of everything else.

  2. 2

    Emotions are physiological; feeling them in the body makes them workable.

  3. 3

    Kindness practices measurably improve how you work with others.

Try this tonight

Do a mindful minute before your next meeting or class: attention on the breath, nothing else. Notice how you show up.

Journal prompt

“How does the quality of my attention affect the quality of my relationships?”

Write about it