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Why Is It So Hard to Pay Attention? Or Is It? Curiosity May Be Key to Concentrating

By Judson Brewer — 2014

Here are two ways we can pay attention: force ourselves to concentrate, or be interested. The first way is what I did when I was first learning mindfulness.

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