Last week, on the @10percent Happier podcast with @danbharris, meditation teacher Jeff Warren talked about the four most important habits in life.
They're the same four habits great creators apply to their work.
Here they are, in Jeff's words:
They're the same four habits great creators apply to their work.
Here they are, in Jeff's words:
The first habit is concentration: the skill of calm.
When we focus, there's a tendency for the thing we're focusing on to become more stable.
And if we hold our attention long enough, we can have the experience of flowing and merging with that activity or object.
When we focus, there's a tendency for the thing we're focusing on to become more stable.
And if we hold our attention long enough, we can have the experience of flowing and merging with that activity or object.
The second habit is clarity: the skill of discernment.
This is the part of us capable of panning out to a broader perspective and zooming in to notice previously unconscious habits of thinking and responding.
Anything that teaches self-awareness boosts the habit of clarity.
This is the part of us capable of panning out to a broader perspective and zooming in to notice previously unconscious habits of thinking and responding.
Anything that teaches self-awareness boosts the habit of clarity.
The third habit is care: the skill of appreciation.
Care leads to doing things well. To treating people well, including yourself.
It's the habit of front-loading love into what you see and do to the degree that feels honest to who you are.
Care leads to doing things well. To treating people well, including yourself.
It's the habit of front-loading love into what you see and do to the degree that feels honest to who you are.
The fourth habit is equanimity: the skill of non-interference.
Equanimity is a disappearing into presence. It’s the habit of getting so still and smooth inside that we're finally able to respect and honor ourselves and the world as it is, thus paving the way for healthy change
Equanimity is a disappearing into presence. It’s the habit of getting so still and smooth inside that we're finally able to respect and honor ourselves and the world as it is, thus paving the way for healthy change
Equanimity leads again and again to more appropriate and intelligent action.
When we trust the creative work that's coming through us, we’re exercising equanimity. When we breathe out and trust our life, we’re exercising equanimity.
It's the ultimate existential habit.
When we trust the creative work that's coming through us, we’re exercising equanimity. When we breathe out and trust our life, we’re exercising equanimity.
It's the ultimate existential habit.
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