Quotes About Mindfulness

Así que me he vuelto, creo, mucho más consciente con los años de la naturaleza problemática de un exceso de competitividad.

Cómo me volvería menos competitivo para poder tener más éxito?"».

Once you realize that you can turn off the noise without the world ending, you're liberated in a way that few people ever know

Me di cuenta de que distanciarse de la situación, para poder ver lo que está pasando, es crucial.

Brian Koppelman mentioned that he considers Haruki Murakami the world's best writer of fiction. To boot, Murakami is an excellent long-distance runner. Here is what Murakami has to say about running, which can be applied to anything: Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

If you don't appreciate what you have now, you'll never appreciate what you get later.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

Remember, my friends, never underestimate the power of one breath. Mental fitness and joy on demand both start here, with one breath.

Más del 80 por ciento de los entrevistados practica a diario alguna forma de conciencia plena (mindfulness) o de meditación.

1) Define a to-do list and (2) define a not-to-do list. In general terms, there are but two questions:

8. «Vivir bien es la mejor venganza.» — George Herbert

What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind by Norman Fischer.

There is nothing that the busy man is less busy with than living; there is nothing harder to learn." –Seneca

Tal vez suene demencial, pero me miro al espejo y me sonrío a mí mismo…

Happiness, or at least peace, is the sense that nothing is missing in this moment. No desires running amok. It's okay to have a desire. But pick a big one and pick it carefully. Drop the small ones.

In order to 'have' you must 'do,' and in order to 'do' you must 'be.'" Terry Crews

Who are the 20% of people who produce 80% of your enjoyment and propel you forward, and which 20% cause 80% of your depression, anger, and second-guessing?

Being busy is not the same as being productive. In fact, being busy is a form of laziness -- lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

Thoreau writes, 'The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. There will be a wide margin for relaxation to his day. He is only earnest to secure the kernels of time, and does not exaggerate the value of the husk.' Think

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly." –Mae West

There is no way to happiness—happiness is the way." –THICH NHAT HANH Vietnamese Buddhist monk and Nobel

There's the instant, unconscious, automatic thinking and then there's the slower, conscious, rational, deliberate thinking.

When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do? Whenever I feel overwhelmed, I complain to my wife about it. After listening patiently for about 30 seconds, she generally tells me to STFU. Then I meditate or work out.

Tracking anything is better than tracking nothing. If you are very overweight, very weak, very inflexible, or very anything negative, tracking even a mediocre variable will help you develop awareness that leads to the right behavioral changes. This underscores an encouraging lesson: you don't have to get it all right. You just have to be crystal clear on a few concepts.