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Even when you’re reeling from a severe blow… diverting your focus from your grief can boost your resilience.
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052 |
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All relationships involve give-and-take and cooperation, so a person who habitually attends to ordinary requests or suggestions like a bull to a red flag is in for big trouble…
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057 |
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New research… shows that what you pay attention to, and how, can actually change your brain and thus your behavior.
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067 |
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…like physical fitness, the mental sort that sustains the focused life can be cultivated.
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067 |
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…attention’s ability to change your brain and transform your experience isn’t limited to childhood but prevails throughout life.
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079 |
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…simply paying attention to someone else – the essence of bonding – is highly beneficial for both parties.
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084 |
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…having social ties is the single best predictor of a longer, healthier, more satisfying life.
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084 |
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Paying attention is an individual effort, but it’s also a kind of social cement that holds groups together and helps them feel part of something greater than themselves.
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085 |
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The message that paying attention to the other guy often helps you more than him is not one that you often hear from the therapy and psychopharmacology industries.
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085 |
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…if you want to feel better about who you are, you should concentrate on someone of lower status, but if you’re trying to get motivated, you should fix on a person who outranks you.
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