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Inner, other and outer focus
We need three kinds of focus:
- Inner focus guides our values and decisions.
- Other focus smooths our relationships with people.
- Outer focus lets us navigate in the larger world.
Attention works similar to a muscle - exercise it, and it will grow, neglect it, and it can wither. How we arrange our attention shapes our reality.
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We learn best with focused attention
As we read a book or blog, our mind constructs a mental model that helps us to make sense of what we are reading. If we can't focus, we'll have holes in our understanding.
To key to better understanding is deep reading and thinking. We can have great returns on all the information ...
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Continual partial attention
We increasingly find it difficult to focus on the hear and now without checking our phones. We seem to go through life in a state of "continual partial attention." We're there but not aware of where we put our attention.
While modern technology has its advantages, our atte...
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Two main varieties of distractions
- Sensory: We can more easily tune out from sensory distractions. For example, the feel of your tongue against your upper palate is an incoming stimuli your brain weeds out.
- Emotional distraction is more difficult to tune out. When you o...
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3 types of focus
- Inner focus: it relates to self-awareness and self-management (how well we can tune in our values, know our strengths and limits).
- Other focus: it refers to how well we attune to people (it's about empathy, about how we understand the way people perceive things and how ...
Your focus determines your reality
- If you wake up focused on what a wonderful gift your life is, you'll have a great day.
- If we keep our attention focused on one job at a time, we'll enjoy it and find it very productive.
- If we focus on being healthy and fit, we will become healthy and fit through exercise and ...
5. The Law of Intention and Desire
This law states that energy and information exist everywhere in nature. The whole universe is the movement of energy and information in its quantum state. We all are a convolution in this quantum field and we influence it by our intentions.
This law is similar to what has b...
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