From Disorder to Discipline: Reframing Focus
Focus is a discipline that can be taught and practiced, not a disorder—before medicating for distraction, first learn and practice how to concentrate.
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Focus
Every teaching, story, and reflection filed under Focus.
The Choice You Make Every Moment
You can choose which room of your mind to occupy—moving awareness from worry to gratitude is a skill of concentration and willpower you can train.
The Key to Superconscious Mind
The superconscious mind — the source of intuition and creativity — is reached one way: by holding awareness in a state of unwavering focus long enough to truly experience it.
Every Yes Has a Cost
Every yes spends a portion of your finite energy and time; knowing your purpose and priorities lets you invest it consciously in what truly matters.
The Experience You Were There For But Missed
You worked hard to create the experience. This is a teaching on actually being there for it — on presence, awareness, and giving what matters most your undivided attention.
Announcing my App and NEW online course!
Since I released my Introduction to Meditation course in 2016, thousands of students from more than 130 countries around the world have gone through this training. Many students have shared with me…
Desire, Effort and Concentration
Ultimately, it all comes down to how badly you desire to live a concentrated life. Most people don’t desire it badly enough and hence never reach a state of concentration where they can manifest the…
Developing Willpower
Look at your life and look for opportunities to develop your willpower. Make this one of your life’s goals with a clear reason why you are developing willpower. To simply develop willpower is not…
Be Specific
It is that time of the year when most people are absorbed in talking about and creating new year resolutions. January 1st brings with it a wave of hope to people allowing them to believe that they…
Undivided Attention
I’ve experienced a few times when the person I'm with picks up their phone during a conversation to check a text message or answer a call. To me, this is plain rude. If I'm taking time out of my life…
How well do you listen?
These days listening is a rare trait. It is rare because most people have great difficulty in concentrating. Another area in life where concentration plays a big part to me is in building…
Technology and Concentration
I’ve seen and heard many people hold up their smartphones and say, “These things are ruining our lives.” I beg to disagree. Smartphones are not ruining our lives. They are wonderful devices with…
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