Frequently asked questions about thinking, epistemology, and cognitive tools. 1112 answers
Meditation is direct practice at noticing where attention goes and redirecting it.
Extended focus needs environmental rituals and structural support to sustain. You cannot will yourself into deep work any more than you can will yourself into sleep — you have to construct the conditions that make it inevitable.
Extended focus needs environmental rituals and structural support to sustain. You cannot will yourself into deep work any more than you can will yourself into sleep — you have to construct the conditions that make it inevitable.
Extended focus needs environmental rituals and structural support to sustain. You cannot will yourself into deep work any more than you can will yourself into sleep — you have to construct the conditions that make it inevitable.
Reserve low-attention tasks for times when deep focus is not available.
Reserve low-attention tasks for times when deep focus is not available.
Reserve low-attention tasks for times when deep focus is not available.
Reserve low-attention tasks for times when deep focus is not available.
Chronic attention splitting creates a deficit that manifests as exhaustion and poor judgment.
Chronic attention splitting creates a deficit that manifests as exhaustion and poor judgment.
Chronic attention splitting creates a deficit that manifests as exhaustion and poor judgment.
Chronic attention splitting creates a deficit that manifests as exhaustion and poor judgment.
Most people are wrong about how they spend their attention — measure it.
Most people are wrong about how they spend their attention — measure it.
Most people are wrong about how they spend their attention — measure it.
The ability to direct and sustain attention underlies every other cognitive capability.
The ability to direct and sustain attention underlies every other cognitive capability.
The ability to direct and sustain attention underlies every other cognitive capability.
The ability to direct and sustain attention underlies every other cognitive capability.
The ability to direct and sustain attention underlies every other cognitive capability.
The ability to direct and sustain attention underlies every other cognitive capability.
Observation and evaluation are neurologically distinct operations. Your brain can register what is happening before deciding whether it is good or bad — but only if you train the pause between the two. Collapsing them into a single act distorts perception and triggers defensive reactions in others.
When you evaluate before you finish observing, your brain replaces incoming data with expected data. You stop seeing what is there and start seeing what you already believe.
When you evaluate before you finish observing, your brain replaces incoming data with expected data. You stop seeing what is there and start seeing what you already believe.