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Mindfulness can help us… follow the original commandment of self-improvement, straight from the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece: Know thyself.

The mind’s executive, the arbiter of where our focus goes, manages both the concentration that exploitation requires and the open focus that exploration demands.

You must be mindful of what is most important to learn for your situation and choose the type of test accordingly.

…research has found that, with the flick of the TV’s remote, our thinking brains shut off. Within thirty seconds, we lose our sense of self…

A final lesson in learning how to climb out of that ceaseless frenzy of the overwhelm… [is] learning how to master the ceaseless clutter of your own contaminated mind.

…when we slow down, when we learn to pause and notice where we are and feel at home, our complex brain literally grows bigger.

…the overwhelm never goes away. But you can change how you think about it: pausing and noticing it without judgment, not reacting to it.

Mindfulness is the highest level of awareness most of us can develop in our everyday lives.

…[we must] be more mindful of our behavior and the reasons for our choices. It takes time, self-reflection, and willingness.

Social scientists are finding that once people are aware of their biases, know how they work, and pay mindful attention to them… they have greater power to control them.