The Whole Universe Conspires

Often the most difficult step, because it's easy to focus on the wrong part of the problem, or look at the problem too broadly.

The first thing you need to do is reduce it to its simplest and purest form so you know exactly what you're dealing with. While you're doing this, you need ...

• At the beginning or end of each day, the Stoic sits down with his journal and reviews: what he did what he thought, what could be improved.
• Keep your own journal, whether it's saved on a computer or in a little book. Be unflinching in your assessments. Notice what contributed to your...

Focusing:

• concentrating intently on sth you're trying to learn
• sth you're rather familiar with -> thought moves smoothly as if it's traveling along a familiar, nicely paved road

Diffuse thinking:

• more rel...