When I can’t focus, my habitual conditioning is to “try harder” to reign it in. I’ve learned that this doesn’t work. It may seem counterintuitive, but zoning out is often the best way to hone in.
The Secret to Getting Out of Your Own Way
Sometimes it seems that the most intelligent people often get stuck. Here’s why that happens and how to get out of your own way.
Who Would You Be Without Your Thoughts?
When you’ve spent your whole life being defined as a thinker, how do you find identity beyond your thoughts?
Shutting Off An Overactive Mind
The mind doesn’t have an off switch, which is why we need to create our own.
The Load You Don’t Have to Carry
As much as you have on your plate, the most important things that take care of themselves without your needing to think about them. No to-do list required.
5 Barriers You Build That Block Your Best Work
When it comes to being “productive” — doing our best work — we often build barriers that block us and sabotage our efforts. Awareness of these barriers is the first step to changing them.
7 Problems With Thinking
We live in a culture that prizes thinking. But thinking isn’t as useful as we think it is.