
The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People

Here’s the rule: If it’s important enough to you and your life, then it should be on your calendar.
Pedram Shojai • The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People
When we align our goals with our plans, we plug in our focus and willpower to make it work.
Pedram Shojai • The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People
My goal is to guide you toward what I call time prosperity, which means having the time to accomplish what you desire in life without feeling compressed, stressed, overburdened, or hurried.
Pedram Shojai • The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People
Positive growth means reaching back into the gunk of the past and healing it so it doesn’t infect our present. This is where most people are stuck. They can’t be in the now since they’re trapped in the past, lugging it around, feeling crappy.
Pedram Shojai • The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People
What tends to happen with people who are depressed and stuck is a phenomenon called stacking. This is when something bad happens to us and we take that isolated event and attach it to a series of other “bad” isolated events and create a pessimistic narrative.
Pedram Shojai • The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People
Hold the line and you’ll start to feel full again.
Pedram Shojai • The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People
There’s a wealth of information you can access that’ll help you heal your past and stop carrying it into the present. Dreams are the conduit.
Pedram Shojai • The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People
You only get a moment of time here as the person you think you are. What are you going to do with it?
Pedram Shojai • The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People
The key is to get better at what you do by curating your day to serve you and free up your time.