The ability to voluntarily bring back a wandering attention over and over again is the very root of judgment, character, and will.
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"The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character and will."
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The antidote for mind-wandering is meta-awareness, attention to attention itself, as in the ability to notice that you are not noticing what you should, and correcting your focus.
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