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Category Archives: Attention
How Do I Get More Done?
There are over 1700 apps on iOS for managing ToDo lists – many that cost money. If you could download and try each of them (say 1 per minute), it would take nearly 30 hours straight. When it comes to … Continue reading
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The Know Nothing
In a study, participants were asked to estimate something about their own ability. They overestimated. Others were told that statistically every person overestimates their ability, then they were asked to make the estimate. They still overestimated their ability, BY THE … Continue reading
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Blind Spots
All of us have a blind spot where our optic nerve exits the eye. So why do we not have a floating black spot in front of our eye? Because our eye covers over and fills that area, so that … Continue reading
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Inspiration is Perishable
You’ll never get to read many of my blog entries. A tsunami of ideas rush through my head in any given week and I often tell myself that I should write a blog. I’ll even write the initial premise to … Continue reading
Adapting to Life
Waiting for a bus, you’re reading the newspaper. There was a tragic accident where the driver became paralyzed. Horrified, you anxiously read the next article about a mechanic who just one the lottery. Your friend sitting next to you says, … Continue reading
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The Objects of Fear
I am not afraid of waking up to a stranger standing over my bed at night. While working out, the TV had a closed caption news report on the concealed carry permits in Phoenix. They showed the training that people … Continue reading
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Consumed by Abundance
Everyday we go toe-to-toe with information overload. Never has so much information been available right at our finger tips. But it isn’t just too much information, it’s too much of a lot of things: food, free time, and entertainment to … Continue reading
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The Unasked Questions
The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. – Proverbs 20:5 (NIV) Recently, I’ve been working on improving my attention management. My friend, David Delp, has been teaching me his system … Continue reading
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The Stress Blinders
Imagine trying to drive a car while looking through binoculars. You’d be able to read that bumper sticker in the distance, but you might not finish it before running into something. Several books that I’ve read recently all point to … Continue reading
The Art of Trimming
Walking home from my spinning class this morning, I noticed a man trimming a tree. Not an extraordinary event, but it struck me: Here was a pile of vibrant green leaves on the ground and when you looked at the … Continue reading
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