💭 On paying attention & getting your first big break
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💭 On paying attention & getting your first big break
Your attention is valuable and helps to create your experience of life.
Dr Julie Smith • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold
Our attention is sacred. It’s an act of worship in itself. An act of spiritual, mental, and emotional formation. When you give something your attention – a movie, a conversation, a project at work – you’re declaring it the most important thing in your life. It may sound dramatic, but at its core, it’s true. When you pay attention to something, you’... See more
Grace Capobianco • What We Talk About When We Talk About God
Harvard’s Clay Christensen writes: Your decisions about allocating your personal time, energy, and talent ultimately shape your life’s strategy. Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. I... See more
The Marginalian • Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
Attention is all we have. According to philosopher Simone Weil, it is sacred — the rarest form of generosity:
“Attention alone, that attention which is so full that the ‘I’ disappears, is required of me. I have to deprive all that I call ‘I’ of the light of my attention and turn it onto that which cannot be conceived.”