Alexandra Newton
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Alexandra Newton
The startling findings were that people made better choices when not thinking at all, especially in complex consumer settings.
The researchers argued that this is because our unconscious processes are less constrained than conscious processes, which make huge demands on our cognitive system. Unconscious processes, such as intuition, function in ways
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In a time like this, neither more intelligence nor more willpower is enough. What’s needed is what philosophy has always claimed to love: Wisdom—the meta-value that helps you find your way, and the way.— Peter Limberg
much can be done through effort but more can be done through effortlessness.
and whatsoever you achieve through effort, will always remain a burden to you.
only that which is attained through effortlessness will never be a burden to you,
and only that which is not a burden can be eternal.
The success of a physical space is not a/b testable, it’s intuited in the subconscious. It is beyond words. It is felt at the level of energy.
Patricia Mou • vol. 49: when picking furniture becomes spiritual
If there is no joy, ease, or lightness in what you are doing, it does not necessarily mean that you need to change what you are doing. It may be sufficient to change the how. “How” is always more important than “what.” See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it. Give your fullest
... See moreEckhart Tolle • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The mind is also a terrible office. The most obvious priorities in your mental stacks tend to be whatever is latest (most recent input) and loudest (most emotionally charged content). There is a chance on a given afternoon that you will give as much mental real estate to “buy bread” as you will to “buy building.” Probably more, because you’re
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