it’s the one thing that we all have the
mind right but it’s a one thing that we
don’t have a manual for we buy a blender
we get a manual our iPhone comes with a
manual we get a car and it has a manual
nobody teaches you how to use the mind
there’s no manual for the mind so this I
think is one of the most essential
things in making progress in our life is
really understanding how our mind works
it’s the one thing that we have to live
with 24 hours a day seven days a week we
have no choice
imagine if you are if most of you will
slept eight hours a day which most of
you don’t you slept and you awake
sixteen hours a day in the 16 hours you
practice the awareness is randomly
moving from one thing to another to
another to another all they practice
being distracted
what would you be good at after six
months you did the sixteen hours a day
you just allow your awareness to jump
from one thing to another to know that
I’ll treat right now I’ll switch to text
messaging then I’ll go to email all my
phones ringing so I’ll answer the phone
and then somebody speaking to me so I’ll
have two conversations at one time and
I’ll just do this sixteen hours a day
seven days a week so you get it being
good at distracted after one year you’re
an expert at being distracted after a
year and a half billion like you to give
keynote talks on being distracted you’re
so good you practice sixteen hours a day
so the same works for the opposite if
you practice being concentrated sixteen
hours a day
what would you become good at you become
good at concentrating and all it takes
is being is practice by just doing one
thing at a time keeping you awareness on
one thing at a time and you integrate
this into everything that you do in your
life so the best way to do it is pick a
few opportunities in your everyday life
for example we all speak with people
when I speak with somebody I give them
my undivided attention I keep my
awareness on them and the conversation
is really brief why because we’re
concentrated
we’re not being distracted a 10-minute
conversation normally just takes three
minutes because these are so focused I
define concentration as the ability to
keep that awareness on one thing for
prolonged period of time so if I can
keep my awareness on Eric
and not drift away and think about the
wedding or drift away and think about
the vacation or what I’m going to do
later then I’m concentrating on Eric
every time it drifts away I bring it
back and the more I practice this the
more I practice concentration so can
concentration is the ability to keep
your awareness on one thing for
prolonged period of time and it’s a very
simple definition of concentration how
do you get better at concentration you
practice this you practice this 24 hours
a day seven days a week and it’s the
only way to get good at it
and what’s the best way to practice it
the best way to practice it is to
integrate it into everything that you do
in your life not to meditate ten minutes
in the morning it doesn’t work you
really need to look at your life the
same way a sprinter in the Olympics
looks at his life we’ve all heard a
saying bolt the man that won the gold
medal twice two Olympics in a row broke
the world record I don’t know anything
about him to be honest but if I looked
at him I would he obviously Sprint’s he
practice running probably does a lot of
long-distance he probably does a lot of
stretching as well I’m sure he gets
massages he looks like he eats the right
kind of food drinks the right amount of
water takes vitamins his whole day is so
disciplined for what to prepare him for
nine point five seven seconds I think
that’s what the world record is right
400 meters nine point five or nine five
seven seconds his whole day is preparing
him for that short time not the other
way around a lot of people say you know
what I need to be more concentrated so
you know what I’m gonna meditate in the
morning I’ll sit down for two minutes
okay now I’m Zen master
and the remaining 23 hours and 58
minutes they just go about being
ordinary and crazy how does that work
how would you change it’s not balance at
all so if for 23 hours and 58 minutes
you were not being concentrated you
allowed your awareness to jump from one
thing in your mind to another thing to
another thing to another thing to
another thing in an uncontrolled way
what would you be good at and other kind
of a prolonged concentration comes the
wonderful power of observation you just
become more observant and when you
become more observant you see solutions
quicker and you solve things quicker and
it’s a wonderful powerful feeling when
somebody is concentrated on you and not
being distracted so the best way is
integrated into everyday life you’re
speaking with your spouse give her or
give him your undivided attention so
develop your awareness integrated into
everything that you do in your life and
that’s the best way you become good at
the next thing we need to develop is
develop your will will is really
important will it’s almost like a muscle
in your mining you use that to pull and
control your awareness and take it from
one area of the mind to another what are
the and the will needs to be developed
and same like concentration if you don’t
cultivate the will it doesn’t grow and
this is something that really needs to
be cultivated how do you develop the
will there’s three very simple ways to
develop the will one is you finish what
you begin to is to finish it well beyond
your expectation no matter how long it
takes three is you do a little bit more
than you think you can do all of those
things require effort and effort is will
it’s so much easier to start a project
than to finish a project right when you
start a project you have feeling
creative you’re feeling inspired you’re
full of energy at the end of the project
you go whose idea was this so it
requires tremendous amount of will to
finish and every time you complete
something you develop a little bit more
will and you have that muscle and will
it’s an amazing thing to develop because
once you develop will that same will you
can use in every aspect of your life to
keep your awareness on one thing at a
time
to finish projects to see things through
to the end anything you want the best
way to develop will bring it into your
everyday life into everything that you
do give you an example the way I
integrate it into my everyday life I try
and finish what I begin so for example
going to sleep I sleep every night so I
put on my pajamas I floss I brush my
teeth I go to bed I sleep I wake up in
the morning I make the bed why because I’m finishing what I started
mind right but it’s a one thing that we
don’t have a manual for we buy a blender
we get a manual our iPhone comes with a
manual we get a car and it has a manual
nobody teaches you how to use the mind
there’s no manual for the mind so this I
think is one of the most essential
things in making progress in our life is
really understanding how our mind works
it’s the one thing that we have to live
with 24 hours a day seven days a week we
have no choice
imagine if you are if most of you will
slept eight hours a day which most of
you don’t you slept and you awake
sixteen hours a day in the 16 hours you
practice the awareness is randomly
moving from one thing to another to
another to another all they practice
being distracted
what would you be good at after six
months you did the sixteen hours a day
you just allow your awareness to jump
from one thing to another to know that
I’ll treat right now I’ll switch to text
messaging then I’ll go to email all my
phones ringing so I’ll answer the phone
and then somebody speaking to me so I’ll
have two conversations at one time and
I’ll just do this sixteen hours a day
seven days a week so you get it being
good at distracted after one year you’re
an expert at being distracted after a
year and a half billion like you to give
keynote talks on being distracted you’re
so good you practice sixteen hours a day
so the same works for the opposite if
you practice being concentrated sixteen
hours a day
what would you become good at you become
good at concentrating and all it takes
is being is practice by just doing one
thing at a time keeping you awareness on
one thing at a time and you integrate
this into everything that you do in your
life so the best way to do it is pick a
few opportunities in your everyday life
for example we all speak with people
when I speak with somebody I give them
my undivided attention I keep my
awareness on them and the conversation
is really brief why because we’re
concentrated
we’re not being distracted a 10-minute
conversation normally just takes three
minutes because these are so focused I
define concentration as the ability to
keep that awareness on one thing for
prolonged period of time so if I can
keep my awareness on Eric
and not drift away and think about the
wedding or drift away and think about
the vacation or what I’m going to do
later then I’m concentrating on Eric
every time it drifts away I bring it
back and the more I practice this the
more I practice concentration so can
concentration is the ability to keep
your awareness on one thing for
prolonged period of time and it’s a very
simple definition of concentration how
do you get better at concentration you
practice this you practice this 24 hours
a day seven days a week and it’s the
only way to get good at it
and what’s the best way to practice it
the best way to practice it is to
integrate it into everything that you do
in your life not to meditate ten minutes
in the morning it doesn’t work you
really need to look at your life the
same way a sprinter in the Olympics
looks at his life we’ve all heard a
saying bolt the man that won the gold
medal twice two Olympics in a row broke
the world record I don’t know anything
about him to be honest but if I looked
at him I would he obviously Sprint’s he
practice running probably does a lot of
long-distance he probably does a lot of
stretching as well I’m sure he gets
massages he looks like he eats the right
kind of food drinks the right amount of
water takes vitamins his whole day is so
disciplined for what to prepare him for
nine point five seven seconds I think
that’s what the world record is right
400 meters nine point five or nine five
seven seconds his whole day is preparing
him for that short time not the other
way around a lot of people say you know
what I need to be more concentrated so
you know what I’m gonna meditate in the
morning I’ll sit down for two minutes
okay now I’m Zen master
and the remaining 23 hours and 58
minutes they just go about being
ordinary and crazy how does that work
how would you change it’s not balance at
all so if for 23 hours and 58 minutes
you were not being concentrated you
allowed your awareness to jump from one
thing in your mind to another thing to
another thing to another thing to
another thing in an uncontrolled way
what would you be good at and other kind
of a prolonged concentration comes the
wonderful power of observation you just
become more observant and when you
become more observant you see solutions
quicker and you solve things quicker and
it’s a wonderful powerful feeling when
somebody is concentrated on you and not
being distracted so the best way is
integrated into everyday life you’re
speaking with your spouse give her or
give him your undivided attention so
develop your awareness integrated into
everything that you do in your life and
that’s the best way you become good at
the next thing we need to develop is
develop your will will is really
important will it’s almost like a muscle
in your mining you use that to pull and
control your awareness and take it from
one area of the mind to another what are
the and the will needs to be developed
and same like concentration if you don’t
cultivate the will it doesn’t grow and
this is something that really needs to
be cultivated how do you develop the
will there’s three very simple ways to
develop the will one is you finish what
you begin to is to finish it well beyond
your expectation no matter how long it
takes three is you do a little bit more
than you think you can do all of those
things require effort and effort is will
it’s so much easier to start a project
than to finish a project right when you
start a project you have feeling
creative you’re feeling inspired you’re
full of energy at the end of the project
you go whose idea was this so it
requires tremendous amount of will to
finish and every time you complete
something you develop a little bit more
will and you have that muscle and will
it’s an amazing thing to develop because
once you develop will that same will you
can use in every aspect of your life to
keep your awareness on one thing at a
time
to finish projects to see things through
to the end anything you want the best
way to develop will bring it into your
everyday life into everything that you
do give you an example the way I
integrate it into my everyday life I try
and finish what I begin so for example
going to sleep I sleep every night so I
put on my pajamas I floss I brush my
teeth I go to bed I sleep I wake up in
the morning I make the bed why because I’m finishing what I started
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