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If most of the time you’re not particularly concerned about what you’re doing is work or play, or even whether you’re happy or not, you know you’re living the focused life.
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114 |
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How you decide to spend your time and make other choices that affect your quality of life is closely bound up with attention…
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119 |
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…99 percent of the stuff of life – relationships, work, home, recreation – is the same no matter where you are, and once you settle in a place, no matter how salubrious, you don’t think about its climate very much.
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121 |
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Mindful attention helps you work more effectively and creatively, but it also makes life more fun.
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138 |
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In everyday life, most opportunities to build character are modest in scope and easily missed if you’re not paying attention.
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211 |
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When you focus on the shortcomings in your life, drag your feet, and belabor your bad habits and neuroses, you see nothing but your own misery.
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003 |
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No matter how trapped you may feel your current life, there are positive actions you can take and new experiences to be had.
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005 |
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…sticking with your current way of doing things is the way to ensure that things stay exactly as they are. It is quite simple: If you want your life to change, you have to take different actions.
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005 |
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…living to avoid failure is a real killer – it destroys opportunities for new experiences and growth.
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031 |
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If you want a life filled with passion and growth, then the discomfort of failure is part of it. So acknowledge your disappointment and then move beyond it.
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038 |
