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The Mind Illuminated - A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science
Culadasa John Yates • 28 highlights
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# meditation
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” - Rumi
Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:
Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,
... See moresocial media
we have moved from a culture dominated by entertainment, to one that is dominated by digitally mediated distraction, which in turn generates a culture of addiction, or, as Gioia memorably puts it, Dopamine Culture.
L. M. Sacasas • Desire, Dopamine, and the Internet
dopamine culture
"Productivity is most important for things you don't want to be doing. Most people want to increase productivity so they can spend less time on the task.
But before you worry about being more productive, think about being more selective. Rather than focusing on increasing productivity, it may be worth asking, "What would I be delighted to spend... See more
But before you worry about being more productive, think about being more selective. Rather than focusing on increasing productivity, it may be worth asking, "What would I be delighted to spend... See more
3-2-1: The excuses we live by, how to handle your mistakes, and when productivity doesn't matter
Dao of Productivity: Wu Wei. effortless effort
attention is a way of prioritizing and tuning sensory data
Nathan Heller • The Battle for Attention | The New Yorker
Dopamine is a molecule in the brain and body that is closely linked to our sense of motivation. It can also enhance our depth of focus and lower our threshold for taking action toward specific goals .
Tools to Manage Dopamine and Improve Motivation & Drive
“Focus is the art of knowing what to ignore.”
James Clear • 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (January 23, 2020) | James Clear
Odaklanma, binlerce vasatın arasında gerçekten önemli olanı bulmak ve ona odaklanmaktır.
No one benefits from you scrolling on your phone and feeling sad and then going to Starbucks.... See more
The antidote is figuring out what you care about, what you're good at, and what you like doing that can make the world a little bit better.
Then, really do that thing.
You can’t do everything, but there are a few things you can do really well. You have to