Nuggets in Nutshells

Anticipation is better than realisation

My gran used to say “anticipation is better than realisation”. James Clear says your brain has far more neural circuitry allocated for wanting rewards than for liking them. The same idea, poetry vs prose. attention mindfulness

Attention as generosity

Simone Veil wrote: "“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

The body thinks

Disregarding the body amounts to neglect of the mind, because the two are inseparable. They are two aspects of a whole. Disregarding the body reduces our intelligence and range of thinking.

Anticipation beats realisation

My gran used to say “anticipation is better than realisation”. James Clear says your brain has far more neural circuitry for wanting rewards than for liking them. Same idea, poetry vs prose.