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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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If Self-Discipline Feels Difficult, Then You’re Doing It Wrong

Many equate self-discipline with living a good, moral life, which ends up creating a lot of shame when we fail. There’s a better way to build lasting, solid self-discipline in your life.

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Mark Manson
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6 High-Performance Habits Only the Most Extraordinary People Share, Backed by Science

Why do some people succeed more quickly than others, and maintain that success over the course of decades?

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Jeff Haden
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Just One Thing: Pay Attention!

Moment to moment, the flows of thoughts and feelings, sensations and desires, and conscious and unconscious processes sculpt your nervous system like water gradually carving furrows and eventually gullies on a hillside. Your brain is continually changing its structure.

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Rick Hanson
2015
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Grit Trumps Talent and IQ: A Story Every Parent (and Educator) Should Read

Angela Duckworth and her team devise strategies to help students learn how to work hard and adapt in the face of temptation, distraction, and defeat.

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Marguerite del Giudice
2014
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Make Space for Practice

If you want to develop the mental focus and flexibility to accomplish more in less time, to stay calm in stressful situations, and to solve problems creatively, take a break and meditate.

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Kelly McGonigal
2009
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The Science of Taming the Wandering Mind

Wherever attention goes the rest of the brain follows—in some sense, attention is your brain’s boss. But is it a good boss and can we train it?

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Amishi Jha
2017
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Why Leaders Need a Triple Focus

Leaders guide attention. But a single-minded focus on goals can run roughshod over human concerns, says Daniel Goleman.

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Daniel Goleman
2014
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Common Misconceptions About Focus

Daniel Goleman, author of Focus, debunks three common myths.

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Daniel Goleman
2014
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The Focused Leader

How effective executives direct their own—and their organizations’—attention.

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Daniel Goleman
2013
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‘I Realized I Don’t Have to Believe My Thoughts’

Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts.

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Tara Brach
2014
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Curiosity