Distraction has many benefits. Shifting our conscious attention away from what we are working on can often lead to new insights or ideas. The very willingness to be distracted reflects a kind of openness to what is going on around us that is part of having a curious, inquiring mind. In contrast, I often find people who monomaniacally keep their focus on just one thing quite disturbing.
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ReadVIRTUES OF THE TABLE PODCAST. Talks about how our relationship with food and drink is a great way to explore what it means to be human and how to try to live conscientiously with Barry Daniel.
ReadWe can pretend that Tomas just had a moment of madness where his primal survival instinct took over, but his wife, Ebba, knows better, and so do we.
ReadWe want the power of choice to entail the power to guarantee the best outcome. We should get rid of that illusion, embrace uncertainty and save anxiety for the choices that really matter.
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