Quotes About Mindfulness

It is possible to be effectively doing while you are delightfully being, in your ordinary workaday world.

you have to think about your stuff more than you realize but not as much as you're afraid you might.

People think a lot, but most of that thinking is of a problem, project or situation - not about it

When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. —Will Rogers

You are powerful all the time, by way of your attention and intention. The question is, Toward what are you pointing that power?

It is easier to act yourself into a better way of feeling than to feel yourself into a better way of action. —O. H. Mowrer

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. —Nadia Boulanger It's

Review whatever lists, overviews, and orientation maps you need to, as often as you need to, to get their contents off your mind. After

In karate there is an image that's used to define the position of perfect readiness: "mind like water." Imagine throwing a pebble into a still pond. How does the water respond? The answer is, totally appropriately to the force and mass of the input; then it returns to calm. It doesn't overreact or underreact.

Clearing the mind and being flexible are key.

Projects, Waiting For, and Someday/Maybe lists need to be reviewed only as often as you think they have to be in order to stop you from wondering about them.

It is easier to act yourself into a better way of feeling than to feel yourself into a better way of action.

give all our attention to the opportunity before us.

It's likely that you also have more internal commitments currently in play than you're aware of.

Getting Things Done is not simply about getting things done. It's about being appropriately engaged with your work and life.

Between the time you woke up today and now, did you think of anything you needed to do that you still haven't done? Have you had that thought more than once? Why? It's a waste of time and energy to keep thinking about something that you make no progress on. And it only adds to your anxiety about what you should be doing and aren't.

In order to deal effectively with all of that, you must first identify and collect all those things that are "ringing your bell" in some way, and then plan how to handle them.

Most people let their reactive mental process run a lot of the show, especially where the too-much-to-do syndrome is concerned.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open for everything. —Shunryu Suzuki

The Weekly Review is the time to: Gather and process all your stuff. Review your system. Update your lists. Get clean, clear, current, and complete. You have to use your mind to get things off your mind. Most

Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax. Water

Anyone with the need to be accountable to deal with more than what he or she can complete in the moment has the opportunity to do so more easily and elegantly than in the mind.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open for everything. —Shunryu Suzuki And

Esa preocupación permanente y estéril por todas las cosas que tenemos que hacer es por sí sola la mayor consumidora de tiempo y energía. —KERRY GLEESON