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Habits of Mind



We all have patterns of thinking that we get into the habit of adopting whenever we encounter different challenges, opportunities, and pleasures in life. When we say we have a “bad” or “good” attitude, it has to do with how we’re automatically framing the circumstances for ourselves. Our habits of mind have direct impact on our moods, physical responses, and mental acuity, and spiritual teachers and scientists alike have studied how these thought patterns can be learned, adapted, and changed to enhance our ability to solve problems and live a more optimistic, pleasurable, and healthy life.

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The Science of Mind Management

The quality of our mind determines the quality of the life we lead. It can be our greatest ally or our worst adversary. A mind that runs amok could steal our inner peace and undermine every productive endeavour.

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FindCenterIf you want a new outcome, you will have to break the habit of being yourself, and reinvent a new self.

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The Super Mario Effect - Tricking Your Brain into Learning More - Mark Rober - TEDxPenn

When 50,000 of Mark Rober's 3 million YouTube subscribers participated in a basic coding challenge, the data all pointed to what Rober has dubbed the Super Mario Effect.

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Better than Before

Habits are the invisible architecture of our lives. Rubin provides an analytical and scientific framework from which to understand these habits—as well as change them for good.

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Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Minds (Leadership for the Common Good)

Think about the last time you tried to change someone’s mind about something important: a voter’s political beliefs; a customer’s favorite brand; a spouse’s decorating taste. Chances are you weren’t successful in shifting that person’s beliefs in any way.

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FindCenterThe most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.

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Disciplined Mind: What All Students Should Understand

Howard Gardner’s concept of multiple intelligences has been hailed as perhaps the most profound insight into education since the work of Jerome Bruner, Jean Piaget, and even John Dewey.

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Living the Four Agreements with don Miguel Ruiz and HeatherAsh Amara

A Live Webcast with don Miguel Ruiz and HeatherAsh Amara, January 16, 2011

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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know

Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt.

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FindCenterWhen I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny.

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