 More than ever, the virus has demanded that we expand our awareness to navigate uncharted waters. For leaders, developing intentional focus is critically important. Neuroscientists study how to expand awareness, neural structure and function while increasing our capacities to respond rather than react. To deepen your capacity for awareness, the use of tools such as mindfulness and meditation can be helpful. Make a daily commitment to spend a few minutes quieting the mind's distractions to more fully experience what is actually happening in yourself. How you experience the world and those in it. UMass Professor Emeritus John Cabot-Zinn wrote in his 2016 primer, Mindfulness for Beginners, quote, maybe awareness of thinking could provide us some kind of balance and perspective so that our thoughts didn't rule our lives unbeknownst to us. Lead well this week.