The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus Into Your Life

It may well be that planning is the one thing you can do now. But make sure you don’t start to run “mental movies,” project yourself into the future, and so lose the Now. Any action you take may not bear fruit immediately. Until it does — do not resist what is.

Ask yourself, “Is there anything I can do to change the situation, improve it, or remove myself from it?” If so, you take appropriate action. Focus not on the 100 things that you will or may have to do at some future time but on the one thing that you can do now. This doesn't mean you should not do any planning. It may well be that planning is the

You could think of it as throwing tennis balls into a trash can from ten feet away. Imagine that I gave you three tennis balls and told you to throw them one at a time into a trash can ten feet away. The most productive way to perform the task is something like this: You pick up a tennis ball, look at the trash can, and toss the first ball. If the

During the day, when your mind wanders, try to notice where it goes. Unless these thoughts are ones you typically tend to over-think (concerning health, abandonment, or whatever your issues may be), allow yourself to generate questions about this area of your life. It is also very important to know the difference between intuition and circular thin