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”,…
Simone Veil wrote: ““Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
We transform and evolve through our practices. We practice when we do something repeatedly, either deliberately or unthinkingly.
Pay attention to what you avoid because you find it uncomfortable. Do something you find uncomfortable every day. Otherwise your comfort zone will shrink and become your prison
Samuel Johnson said that the art of memory is the art of attention. Most failures of memory loss are instances of not paying attention.
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.
The biggest risk of exercising too much is that is can ruin your relationships. The biggest risk of exercising too little is not being around long enough to enjoy your relationships.
“I wonder what’s it like to do that.” “I wonder what it’s like to be that.” Imitation is a great way to answer those questions
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.
People have a short attention span for other people speaking, so do you pass the KISS ME test when you present? Keep It Short, Simple, Memorable and Engaging