The Seeker's Mind
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The Seeker's Mind
In a distracted world, the ability to consistently do deep work is a competitive advantage.
It's impossible to create meaningful works of tech, writing, or art without the capacity to sit down and focus for extended periods.
It's impossible to create meaningful works of tech, writing, or art without the capacity to sit down and focus for extended periods.
Casey Rosengren • Hack Your Focus With Body Doubling
Our focused attention is critical to filling the well. We need to encounter our life experiences, not ignore them. Many of us read compulsively to screen our awareness. On a crowded (interesting) train, we train our attention on a newspaper, losing the sights and sounds around us—all images for the well.
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
Do external things distract you? Give yourself time to learn something new and constructive. Stop being whirled about. But you must also avoid being swept the other way, and become a trifler grown weary by a purposeless life, with thoughts and activities flying in all directions.