attention
The kind of attention we pay actually alters the world: we are, literally, partners in creation
from The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist
by baja · updated 8d ago
attention
90 percent of success is not getting distracted.
—Farnham Street
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Haruki Murakami: siła prostoty i obsesji, czyli jak biegać, pisać i żyć
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- When you choose whom to follow on Twitter, you’re choosing what types of mindsets and aesthetics to expose yourself to on a regular basis. You’re choosing what types of conversations to have. You’re choosing to be reminded regularly of certain things, and not of others. This is a kind of Programmable attention.
from Programmable attention
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“Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind.”
—Epictetusfrom Stoicism: The Ancient Remedy to the Modern Age by Gurwinder
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- If I look at things that have turned out well in my life (my marriage, some of my essays, my current career) the “design process” has been the same in each case. It has been what Christopher Alexander called an unfolding .1 Put simply:
... See more- I paid attention to things I liked to do, and found ways to do more of that. I made it easy for interesting people
from Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process by Henrik Karlsson
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- If I look at things that have turned out well in my life (my marriage, some of my essays, my current career) the “design process” has been the same in each case. It has been what Christopher Alexander called an unfolding .1 Put simply:
Almost Everyone I’ve Met Would Be Well-Served Thinking More About What to Focus On
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- But for me, as a person for whom narrow focus is against my instincts, the most remarkable thing about it is how rich it feels. My life these days is small and boring. I bicycle across the same fields every day, I notice how the wind turbines turn to face the wind, I rarely travel, and I spend my spare time staring at a text document. Annie Dillard... See more
from Henrik Karlsson | Substack by Henrik Karlsson
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- In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.
from idle gaze 067: slowpunk by Alexi Gunner
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