I don’t know

Recently I came across an article about mindfulness and meditation in The Times. In the comments section, there were the predictable remarks about “woo” and “fad” and how mindfulness is just another meaningless buzzword to con people. I can relate to that criticism of “mindfulness” and I almost never talk about it. So rather than giving it a name as I talk about it here, I’m calling it [……………. ]. I have practiced various approaches to [……………. ] on and off for the past 30 years or so. The past 6-7 years it has been 20 minutes a day “formally”,…

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What, Why, How and Who

WHAT you do matters. WHY you do it may matter more. WHY is about your motivation. Your purpose. It’s WHY that makes an activity feel meaningful. The way you do it – the HOW – probably matters even more. Because HOW you do things permeates every instant and every action and ultimately builds WHO you are – the way you habitually show up in the world, whatever you do. Whether or not you know WHAT and/or WHY, pay attention to your HOW.

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