Quotes About Awareness

A]s I stepped over the curb, I became excruciatingly aware of my skin color, and my heart pounded with social anxiety. In going around a single block, I got stares. Mine was the only white face around, and for five minutes, five blocks from my home, I was a stranger in a strange land. . . .

This result is fascinating because it shows that children as young as 10 feel the need to try to avoid appearing prejudiced, even if doing so leads them to perform poorly on a basic cognitive test

It is only a matter of time before this gives rise to an increasingly explicit white racial consciousness.

Let's be honest about the fact that many of us from all races are racist. . . . We've lied about progress."132

Ihmiset eivät opi paremmiksi, varovaisemmiksi vain.

To Do Today, 1/17/08 1. Sit and think 2. Reach enlightenment 3. Feed the cats

I find out a lot about myself by sleeping. Dreams, they are who I am when I'm too tired to be me.

The only time I really think is when I smoke, and I quit smoking years ago.

Když se jen dotkneš ruky mé a dla? tvá lehce padne do mé, struny, o kterých nevíme, ozvou se tiše, pov?domé.

A good mentor does not simply go through her life hoping that others will pick up what she knows, but is actively engaged in helping others learn. She is tuned in enough to notice what skills are needed and is patient enough to teach them.

We are now able to use this recognition of body states as useful messages rather than indications of present threats. And by achieving all of this, we will have achieved wisdom—the integration of emotions, the feelings of the body, and our ongoing conscious awareness and thinking. We will have progressed from the state of being a trauma victim to becoming a trauma survivor.

One of the most touching aspects of the healing process for me has been the realization that the world is much kinder and more beautiful than I thought it was. Somewhere in my unconscious, here was always someplace to get out of; as I healed, I was shocked to discover that, au contraire, being here is the prize.

I tell her I won't [forget who I am], even though I'm still trying to figure it out.

Death is never as distant as we believe it to be, and it will never come willingly.

The true significance of having an open mind lies in being deliberate, not obedient.

Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are.

The British knew it. The navy knew it. The FBI knew it.

It might seem perverse, but the CEO is usually the last to know. With great power comes great ignorance.

When someone takes your time, it doesn't cost them anything, but it costs you everything.

With great power comes great ignorance.

And between all those context switches and attempts at multitasking, you have to add buffer time. Time for your head to leave the last thing and get into the next thing. This is how you end up thinking "What did I actually do today?" when the clock turns to five and you supposedly spent eight hours at the office. You know you were there, but the hours had no weight, so they slipped away with nothing to show.

The scarcity of such face time in remote working situations makes it seem that much more valuable. And as a result, something interesting happens: people don't waste the time. An awareness of scarcity makes them use it wisely.

How should you keep track of what customers want? Don't. Listen, but then forget what people said. Seriously. There's no need for a spreadsheet, database, or filing system. The requests that really matter are the ones you'll hear over and over. After a while, you won't be able to forget them. Your customers will be your memory. They'll keep reminding you. They'll show you which things you truly need to worry about.

But you're probably not manufacturing anything. That can make it tough to spot your by-products. People at a lumber company see their waste. They can't ignore sawdust. But you don't see yours. Maybe you don't even think you produce any by-products. But that's myopic.