I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. Abraham Lincoln Since our birth, we’re hypnotized to some extent in believing ideas that we…
Posts tagged "focus"
Pause & Reboot
Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.Swami Muktananda As I develop a daily plan of attacking the world, I take time each morning to pause, and reboot the brain. Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night and the brain is running full speed thinking about what…
Stop Waiting for “What’s Next”
It is not death that we should fear, but we should fear not beginning to live.Marcus Aurelius My life is a perpetual stage of going through, around, or through doors and barriers. I resign myself…or in some cases assign myself…to the wishes, goals, and desires of others. In this I’ve continually knocked on doors, and…
Are you on offense or defense?
In one of the podcasts over the past week the speaker asked the question about whether or not you’re on offense or defense as you organize and schedule your goals. I think there is a need to remain focused on your own goals…and at the same time remain nimble, flexible, and in some aspects “defensive.”…
Control Your Controllables
In his studies on flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi presented insight into this highly focused mental state and tranquility. We have all experienced times when instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we [feel] in control of our actions, masters of our own fate. On the rare occasions that it happens, we feel a sense of exhilaration, a deep sense…