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Tue, 18 Jun 2024 21:30:00 GMT http://relay.fm/focused/206 http://relay.fm/focused/206 David Sparks and Mike Schmitz David & Mike read Rapt by Winifred Gallagher and discuss how to protect your attention and cultivate a focused life. David & Mike read Rapt by Winifred Gallagher and discuss how to protect your attention and cultivate a focused life. clean 5003 David & Mike read Rapt by Winifred Gallagher and discuss how to protect your attention and cultivate a focused life. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Harvard Business Review: The leading destination for smart management thinking. Subscriptions start at just $10/month with code FOCUSED. Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free. Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting. Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. OmniFocus 4 Field Guide (Plus Edition) Rapt by Winifred Gallagher Mike's Notes for Rapt by Winifred Gallagher 30 Lessons for Living by Karl Pillemer The Deep Life by Cal Newport #303: The Problem with Grand Goals Focused #192: Flow State Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Grit by Angela Duckworth Foodnoms Radica

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 21:30:00 GMT http://relay.fm/focused/206 http://relay.fm/focused/206 Rapt 206 David Sparks and Mike Schmitz David & Mike read Rapt by Winifred Gallagher and discuss how to protect your attention and cultivate a focused life. David & Mike read Rapt by Winifred Gallagher and discuss how to protect your attention and cultivate a focused life. clean 5003 David & Mike read Rapt by Winifred Gallagher and discuss how to protect your attention and cultivate a focused life. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Harvard Business Review: The leading destination for smart management thinking. Subscriptions start at just $10/month with code FOCUSED. Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free. Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting. Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. OmniFocus 4 Field Guide (Plus Edition) Rapt by Winifred Gallagher Mike's Notes for Rapt by Winifred Gallagher 30 Lessons for Living by Karl Pillemer The Deep Life by Cal Newport #303: The Problem with Grand Goals Focused #192: Flow State Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Grit by Angela Duckworth Foodnoms Radical Candor

Being an author or an artist or almost anyone is about navigating. You have to walk a fine line with criticism and praise, discern what's real and what's not, what matters or not, what is noise and what is important. And sometimes? Well, sometimes we only hear and dwell on the one negative thing that someone has said to us or written about us even though they (or others) have also said 100 positive things. You're an author. You get a glowing review but there's one line in there that says, "I didn't like the mom character." That's all you focus on. This happens in real life, too. Your husband might tell you that you're beautiful 100 times a day, but that one time that he says, "Baby, maybe don't wear your sweater inside out?" Well, that's what you focus on. Or, let's say, in news. There are hundreds of lovely, beautiful things that happen in a community--even a small community--every week or month? But instead, we write about the one potentially scandalous thing a person or a board does. And when we read the news, we often gravitate toward the tragedy, the crime story, the corruption story. And that's important to write about and share, but that's not all there is. Negativity is not all there is. As Tasha Seegmiller wrote back in 2016, "The reality of reality is that we are programmed with a psychological and physiological predisposition toward negativity bias. Daniel Kahneman explains that “The brains of humans and other animals contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news. By shaving a few hundredths of a second from the time needed to detect a predator, this circuit improves the animal's odds of living long enough to reproduce.” "That bad review that you got? It's going to linger longer than the good. Your fear of someone hating your book before it even comes out? Not all the way your fault." We are programmed to be predisposed toward the negative. But we can lean away from that once we know it's there, sort of retrain ourselves toward the positive. One of the ways to do that is a gratitude journal. Do not snark and look away. Writing down the good facts of your life not only trains your brain to see that good things have happened, but it also becomes a record that all is not poop. As Alex Philippe writes, "According to Winifred Gallagher in the book Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life, we literally don't see as many things in our peripheral vision when we have negative emotions as when we have positive ones. "And studies like the swimming rat experiment show how negativity can kill our perseverance: when a rat sees no way to escape, it will fight much less for its survival. So, try it. Write something your grateful for. There's got to be one thing, right? Maybe tomorrow you can think of another. Our random thought comes from here. DOG TIP FOR LIFE Don't think about all the "bad dog" moments. Think about all the treats you can get. COOL EXERCISE These are from a piece in Positive Psychology by Alicia Nortje, Ph.D. They are a direct quote. "In the last week, what did you do that you are grateful for? "In the last week, what did someone else do that you are grateful for? "In the last week, what did you learn you are grateful for?" PLACE TO SUBMIT The Georgia Review Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and book reviews. Online submissions for non-subscribers are charged, but there is no fee for mailed submissions.   Details are here. Deadline: 14 May 2024 Length: Up to 9,000 words for prose, 6-10 pages of poetry Pay: $50/printed page of prose and $4/line of poetry, up to $800; $150 for reviews published on GR2. SHOUT OUT! The music we've clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. Here's a link to that and the artist's website. Who is this artist and what is this song? It's “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free. WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome. We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie's Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here. Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot! Subscribe

news birthdays/events school..things we should teach...and what was your favorite subject in school? word of the day news ashley saw ralph macchio on jeopardy the other day...he looks like he's in his 30's...but he's actually 61!!!  how does he stay looking so young? fun ways to use ice cream cones...besides ice cream! game: what year was it? news instead of going dutch on first dates...men are asking for their money back!  what?!?! funny feel good story game: tv theme songs news would you turn your kitchen into a sandwich bar so your kids can make their own lunch? game: movie password goodbye/fun facts....National Neither Snow nor Rain Day on September 7th commemorates the opening of the New York Post Office on September 7, 1914.  Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds....The James A. Farley Post Office Building became home to “Operation Santa” after being featured in the 1947 classic film Miracle on 34th Street....we often don't think about how we get our mail...so you can watch documentaries about how our mail is delivered or read How the Post Office Created America by Winifred Gallagher...and thank your mail carrier if you see them today!

The world is a crazy place and the battle for our attention has never been more fierce. (1) In 2009's RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life, WINIFRED GALLAGHER argues that the quality of your life largely depends on what you choose to pay attention to and how you choose to do it. Worth paying attention to. (2) Former Ohio Congressman TIM RYAN - lost 2022 Senate race to Hillbilly Elegy author, election denier J.D.Vance - urges the practice  of meditation in A MINDFUL NATION: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit.  

The Wild, Wild West: cowboys, shootouts, open prairies & gold mines galore. While this is a common stereotype surrounding the colonial West, there's much more about this region and period than meets the eye. For thousands of women, living out West meant greater independence, and an opportunity to start anew. Historian and author Winifred Gallagher joins us this week to share how the women of the Old West paved the way for women across the U.S. Learn More: https://viewpointsradio.org/forging-opportunity-the-early-women-of-the-west

Friday, August 19, 2022 - An encore visit with Winifred Gallagher, author of “New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story.” It's about pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights. ~~~ Dave Thompson is here for our weekly news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien review “Bullet Train,” starring Brad Pitt as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin, who finds himself on a collision course with lethal adversaries on the world's fastest train.

Show notes here1. The wise know they start each morning as beginners. Robin Daniels2. "In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention." Simone Weil3. "My experience is what I agree to attend to." William James4. "To enjoy the kind of experience you want rather than enduring the kind that you feel stuck with, you have to take charge of your attention." Winifred Gallagher, Rapt5. "Choice of attention--to pay attention to this and ignore that--is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be." W.H. Auden6. Your life is the sum of what you focus on. Winifred Gallagher7. "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." William James8. "Attention is the withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others." William James9. The best response to distractions is no response. Robin Daniels10. "Energy flows where attention goes." Amishi Jha11. If you stay focused on the right things, your life will stop being a mere reaction to circumstances but rather a work of art. Winifred Gallagher12. Every saint's life is a work of art.13. Being focused is the next best thing to being happy. Winifred Gallagher14. Resign yourself to mere concentration, and you might get some happiness too.

Show notes here. 1. The wise know they start each morning as beginners. Robin Daniels 2. "In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention." Simone Weil 3. "My experience is what I agree to attend to." William James 4. "To enjoy the kind of experience you want rather than enduring the kind that you feel stuck with, you have to take charge of your attention." Winifred Gallagher, Rapt 5. "Choice of attention--to pay attention to this and ignore that--is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be." W.H. Auden 6. Your life is the sum of what you focus on. Winifred Gallagher 7. "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." William James 8. "Attention is the withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others." William James 9. The best response to distractions is no response. Robin Daniels 10. "Energy flows where attention goes." Amishi Jha 11. If you stay focused on the right things, your life will stop being a mere reaction to circumstances but rather a work of art. Winifred Gallagher 12. Every saint's life is a work of art. 13. Being focused is the next best thing to being happy. Winifred Gallagher 14. Resign yourself to mere concentration, and you might get some happiness too.

Do you ever struggle with staying focused and productive? Do you find it difficult to get through the day without feeling anxious and tired? There is a cost to hyperconnectivity, and this episode will help you find the best solution to this increasingly common problem.  In this episode, you'll hear some great tips for becoming more focused and productive, while decreasing stress and exhaustion. This is hugely important, as today we all face more hurdles than ever in the workplace. Consider this: a University of California study revealed that the average knowledge worker is interrupted once every 11 minutes, while another study from Loughborough University suggests that many workers check their email as often as every five minutes. Clearly, it's a widespread problem, but this show will give you the tools to help you fix this problem for yourself. We start by discussing James Hewitt's “Cognitive Middle Gear” and how you can avoid it, the best solution for managing stress and delivering peak performance, and how to plan for “cognitive endurance.” I reference Cal Newport's books Deep Work and A World Without Email (he calls email the most insidious interruptor and time suck/distractor) and explain why brief interruptions such as checking text messages and emails have such a massive negative impact (and why it's related to something called Attention Residue). I also discuss the psychological pain that comes from not being accessible, the real meaning of busyness, and the fact that studies have shown having a culture of connectivity actually ruins productivity.  Another book I recommend and mention during the show is Rapt: Attention and the focused life, which draws some parallels between attention and happiness, and was written by Winifred Gallagher, who brilliantly says who you are is the sum of what you focus on. This show also emphasizes the importance of scheduling out your time every day, protecting your time, having distinct shut down hours, and why you should never wait around for inspiration.   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad's Shopping page James Hewitt's article The Attention Paradox James Hewitt's book Exponential James Hewitt's website   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn't occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won't promote anything he doesn't absolutely love and use in daily life. Brad's Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products!  Bala Enzyme: Electrolyte and triple enzyme recovery drink mix. BRAD30 for 30% off BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off Paleo Valley: Nutrient-rich, ancestral inspired health products. BRAD15 for 15% off BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Morning Routine Course: Coming soon - Comprehensive online multimedia course to design the ultimate morning exercise routine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US Postal Service has played a key role in much of American history - from the Declaration of Independence to more recent mail-in voting. It was conceived of by the founders as the way to create a united, informed and effective American democracy. But today, the postal service's future is in danger. Winifred Gallagher spoke to NPR's Rund Abdelfatah about how the postal service created the United States and the case for investing in this pivotal institution.

Author Winifred Gallagher joins Zerlina to talk to her about her new book "New Women in The Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story". Out now!

Parents preparing for back to school are learning more about district policies for COVID mitigation, in-person learning, and vaccine reporting. Bart Pfankuch is the content director for South Dakota News Watch . He opens up his Reporter's Notebook . South Dakota is in the process of revising social studies standards . We talk with Professor Stephen Jackson of the University of Sioux Falls about the revision process. Winifred Gallagher's latest book is called New Women in the Old West . We talk colonization, suffrage, and the untold stories of the White women, Native women, and women of color who shaped the West. Longtime South Dakota legislator David Lust has died. SDPB's Lee Strubinger helps us remember Lust with by hearing from him in his own words. The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum is dedicated to the interpretation of the state's rural history. Collections Coordinator Carrie Van Buren will talk about summer events, current exhibits, and the children's Ag-Xploration

Tuesday, July 27, 20212 - New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story is a new book from Winifred Gallagher. She tells the little-known and riveting stories of pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights. ~~~ Minnesota author Brian Freeman returns to Main Street, this time to discuss “The Bourne Treachery,” the latest addition to the Jason Bourne series. This is the second Bourne novel by Freeman after being chosen to continue the very successful franchise created by the late Robert Ludlum.

Much like Dug the dog from the Pixar movie ‘Up,' we all have our version of a squirrel that distracts us. In fact, there's an entire industry in Silicon Valley that profits off of creating ‘squirrels' to catch our attention. In the face of that, how do we find the time and focus to do the things that really matter? John Zeratsky, a former design leader at Youtube and Google Ads, is the author of two books aimed at helping people make time for and focus on the things that actually matter in life. Get‌ ‌book‌ ‌links‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌at‌ https://www.mbs.works/2-pages-podcast/   John reads two pages from ‘Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life' by Winifred Gallagher. [reading starts at 08:03] Hear us talk about: How to decide if something is worth your attention. [15:09] | 'Your happiness and sense of purpose are filtered through the impact you have on other people.' [20:17] | 'Almost everything in life contains its own inherent value and reward.' [22:43] | The true meaning of contentment. [23:30] | How to remain content in the face of failures. [25:41]  | How to seek out the right partners and team members. [29:47] | The ‘Sprint process' in John's book. [31:57]

When you ask someone on a date, is it better to call or send a text or email? There is a preferred method if the goal is to get a - yes. This episode begins by explaining all of this. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150901140703.htm When someone walks into your home, they immediately make assumptions about you. So what do people assume about you? What does your home say? According to Winifred Gallagher author of the book, House Thinking: A Room by Room Look at How We Live (https://amzn.to/2LzmTWX), it says a lot. What’s also interesting is that your house and its contents have impact and influence on you – in terms of how you think and behave. Join me as Winifred explains the fascinating and often undetected relationship you have with your home. Whether or not you are happy depends on a lot of factors. But there is one BIG factor in your life that can make or break your happiness. Listen as I tell you what it is. http://www.techinsider.io/how-to-know-you-are-happy-psychology-2015-9 If you are able to forgive someone for something you have done to you, that is considered the virtuous and right thing to do. But is it? What if what was done to you is unforgivable – then what? Is forgiveness the only way to unburden yourself? No, according to Gary Egeberg, author of the book, The Forgiveness Myth (https://amzn.to/2Pg6xEM). Sometimes forgiveness is NOT the answer and Gary explains what the alternatives are. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Discover matches all the cash back you earn on your credit card at the end of your first year automatically! Learn more at https://discover.com/yes M1 Is the finance Super App, where you can invest, borrow, save and spend all in one place! Visit https://m1finance.com/something to sign up and get $30 to invest! The Jordan Harbinger Show is one of our favorite podcasts! Listen at https://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe , Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you enjoy podcasts. Athletic Greens is doubling down on supporting your immune system during the winter months. Visit https://athleticgreens.com/SOMETHING and get a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! Now you can file a simple tax return for free and get free advice from a TurboTax Live expert until February 15! Please visit https://turbotax.com today for more information! You deserve to know what’s in your multivitamin. That’s why Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit https://ritual.com/something to start your Ritual today. Helix is offering up to $200 off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners at https://helixsleep.com/sysk Backcountry.com is the BEST place for outdoor gear and apparel. Go to https://backcountry.com/sysk and use promo code SYSK to get 15% off your first full price purchase! Let NetSuite show you how they'll benefit your business with a FREE Product Tour at https://netsuite.com/SYSK Check out Dan Ferris and the Stansberry Investor Hour podcast at https://InvestorHour.com or on your favorite podcast app. Listen to the newest season of Business Movers https://wondery.com/shows/business-movers/ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Never before has attention been such a precious resource. So on May 19, 2015, the New York Institute for the Humanities held a discussion titled, Distracted: Attention in the Digital Age. Moderated by Virginia Heffernan, the panelists were Winifred Gallagher, David Mikics, Mark Edmundson, and Matthew B. Crawford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuación del capítulo ANTERIOR Nuevamente acudimos a la página Farnam Street. Acá se revisan algunos conceptos del libro Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life de Winifred Gallagher. Dicho autor revisa conceptos basados ​​en ideas de Daniel Kahneman, premio nobel de economía, que escribió el interesantísimo libro “Pensar Rápido, pensar despacio”. Los conceptos que se revisan responden a la siguiente premisa: Cómo enfocarnos en las cosas incorrectas afecta el razonamiento que usamos para tomar decisiones. Los conceptos de esta parte son: 1. Los efectos de la adaptación 2. Suficientemente bueno Articulo robado de: https://fs.blog/2015/09/focusing-illusions/

Nuevamente acudimos a la página Farnam Street. Acá se revisan algunos conceptos del libro Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life de Winifred Gallagher. Dicho autor revisa conceptos basados en ideas de Daniel Kahneman, premio nobel de economía, que escribió el interesantísimo libro “Pensar Rápido, pensar despacio”. Los conceptos que se revisan responden a la siguiente premisa: Cómo enfocarnos en las cosas incorrectas afecta el razonamiento que usamos para tomar decisiones. Los conceptos tratados: 1. Aversión a pérdidas / riesgos 2. La Ilusión de Enfoque El artículo es robado de: https://fs.blog/2015/09/focusing-illusions/

Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people under one flag, and in doing so, she believes the post office actually created the United States of America. This is a rebroadcast from October 2017 The Revolutionary Post Buy The 99% Invisible City, our first book!

Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people under one flag, and in doing so, she believes the post office actually created the United States of America. This is a rebroadcast from October 2017 The Revolutionary Post Buy The 99% Invisible City, our first book!

"How the Post Office Created America: A History" by Winifred Gallagher The United States Postal Service has gone through some troubled times over the course of that institution's long history. This essential service is still one of the most important organizations in America. The U.S. Post Office became the U.S. Postal Service after a reorganization that took place under President Richard M. Nixon almost 50 years ago. The postal system was never designed to make a profit and with the monumental pension obligations the USPS currently is dealing with there's little chance it will ever make a profit again. But then, that's not the reason that it exists. It forms an enormous, intricate web of connections that have held this country together since the middle of the 19th century and it is just as crucial today. Our current president is not being very supportive of this government entity. He is impeding funding for it and he just appointed a postmaster general who can be described as one his

I denne episoden er tema meditasjon. Vi drøfter egne erfaringer, hva slags oppfatninger og feiloppfatninger som farter rundt der ute om hva meditasjon er for noe, og hvorfor vi foretrekker ordet meditasjon til ordet mindfulness. Før hoveddelen begynner snakker vi litt om diverse tema, om livet nå for tiden og hjemmeundervisning, blogging og slikt.   Noen gode bøker om meditasjon og relaterte tema: Sam Harris, Waking Up. A Guide to Spiritualism Without Religion, 2014 (god og klar bok, kan være en fin intro til meditasjon for folk med skepsis til religion og alternative greier. Hans app Waking Up er også sterkt anbefalt, synes særlig de korte leksjonene er veldig gode, klargjørende og motiverende. Klikk her for å få en gratis måned, og man kan også få appen gratis for et år om man ikke har råd til å betale for den.) Dhammapada, (klassisk tekst innen buddhismen, overraskende lesbar og artig) Sparrow, «Sparrow’s Guide to Meditation», The Sun, jan 2020 Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, 2013 (hør også samtalene som Sam Harris har hatt med Goldstein på sin podkast Making sense (ep.4, 15, 63), de gir mye bakgrunn i hvordan østlige meditasjonspraksiser kom til vesten.) Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance, 2003 David Treleaven, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, 2019 Ajahn Chah, masse interessante foredrag og bøker, ofte gratis tilgjengelig på nett, feks her Ajahn Anan, The World and the Heart, Seeking Buddho (fine samlinger med korte tekster om meditasjon, fra den thailandske skogskloster-retningen etter Ajahn Chah) Shunryu Suzuki, Zen-sinn, begynner-sinn. Undervisning i zen-meditasjon, 2000 [1970] Viggo Johansen, Indre stillhet, 2013, Stille vitne,2015 ((for de som vil lese greie innføringsbøker på norsk. Er ikke alltid så glad i forklaringene og stilen, men særlig den første boken er en interessant innføring i meditasjon, buddhismen og en interessant selvbiografi) Daniel Goleman & Richard Davidson, Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body, 2017 Cal Newport, Deep Work, 2016, Digital Minimalism, 2019 Ole Jacob Madsen, «Det er innover vi må gå», 2014 (flott samfunnskritisk blikk på selvhjelp og lignende retninger, viktige aspekter å få med) Winifred Gallagher, Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life, 2009 (kort og god bok om hvorfor oppmerksomhet og fokus er verdt å fokusere på) Seneca, Selected Letters (klassisk klokskap, fortsatt ikke gått ut på dato) Willoughby Brittons Cheetah House, som tilbyr støtte og ressurser for folk som har hatt negative og skadelige effekter av meditasjon. Hør også Sam Harris samtale med henne og Jared Lindahl på Waking up, eller på podkasten 10 Percent Happier. Her er artikkelen fra forskning.no, «Meditasjon kan også gi ubehagelige opplevelser», av Karoline Spanthus Bjørnfeldt, publisert 6.juni 2019 ---------------------------- Logoen vår er laget av Sveinung Sudbø, se hans arbeider på originalkopi.com Musikken er av Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen, se facebooksiden Nygrenda Vev og Dur for mer info. ---------------------------- Takk for at du hører på. Ta kontakt med oss på vår facebookside eller på larsogpaal@gmail.com Det finnes ingen bedre måte å få spredt podkasten vår til flere enn via dere lyttere, så takk om du deler eller forteller andre om oss. Både Lars og Pål skriver nå på hver sin blogg, med litt varierende regelmessighet. Du finner dem på disse nettsidene: https://paljabekk.com/ https://larssandaker.blogspot.com/   Alt godt, hilsen Lars og Pål

Show NotesRUTs and BUTsRidiculous - Banned Book Week! http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedBeautiful - Meat is Good?https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/upshot/health-risks-meat-experts.htmlhttps://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2752320/red-processed-meat-consumption-risk-all-cause-mortality-cardiometabolic-outcomesMain Topic - Deep WorkArticle - Is Google Making us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/Book - The Shallows by Nicholas Carr https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393339750/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_IzINDb27FA9J9Book - Deep Work by Cal Newport https://www.amazon.com/dp/1455586692/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_7BINDb38XXMHWBook - Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher - https://www.amazon.com/Rapt-Attention-Focused-Winifred-Gallagher/dp/0143116908/Book - Flow by Millay Csikszentmihalyi https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202/Scriptures ReferencedPhilippians 4:8, 9; Psalm 19:14

(1) Ohio Congressman TIM RYAN entered the race last week for the Dems’ 2020 nomination. Here’s our 2012 interview on his book, A MINDFUL NATION: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit. (2) In 2009’s RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life, WINIFRED GALLAGHER argues that the quality of your life largely depends on what you choose to pay attention to and how you choose to do it. Worth paying attention to.

If you want to ask someone on a date, you could call them up and ask or you could send a text or email. So which of those methods is most effective? We begin this episode with the interesting answer. http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2015/09/email-versus-voicemail-romantics.shtmlWhen someone walks into your home, they immediately make assumptions about you. So what do people assume about you? What does your home say? According to Winifred Gallagher author of the book, House Thinking: A Room by Room Look at How We Live https://amzn.to/2LzmTWX , it says a lot. What’s also interesting is that your house and its contents have impact and influence on you – in terms of how you think and behave. Join me as Winifred explains the fascinating and often undetected relationship you have with your home.Whether or not you are happy depends on a lot of factors. But there is one BIG factor in your life that can make or break your happiness. Listen as I tell you what it is. http://www.techinsider.io/how-to-know-you-are-happy-psychology-2015-9Being able to forgive someone for something they have done is considered virtuous. Many religions teach the importance of forgiveness. But what if you can’t or won’t forgive? What if what was done to you is unforgivable – then what? Is forgiveness the only way to unburden yourself? No, according to Gary Egeberg, author of the book, The Forgiveness Myth https://amzn.to/2Pg6xEM. Sometimes forgiveness is NOT the answer and Gary explains what the alternatives are.This Week's SponsorsDaily Harvest. Get 3 cups free in your first order of amazing smoothies and savory harvest bowls. Go to www.daily-harvest.com and use promo code: somethingHotel Tonight. Download the app Hotel Tonight to your phone and get $25 off your first eligible booking.Brilliant Earth. For the 12 month financing offer and to shop all of Brilliant Earth’s selections - Just go to www.BrilliantEarth.com/somethingHoka One One. Get free expedited shipping on your first pair of shoes by going to www.hokaoneone.com/SYSKand use the promo code SYSK

How may we focus on what is important to us? How can we avoid technology overload? Why do certain things grab our attention and not others? With so many things now demanding our attention - emails, cell phones, text messages - many of us are overwhelmed by a plethora of distractions. Our lives may be described as the sum of what we focus on.Tags: Winifred Gallagher, psychology, focus, attention, meditation, brain, motivation, will power, Science, Psychology 

How may we focus on what is important to us? How can we avoid technology overload? Why do certain things grab our attention and not others? With so many things now demanding our attention - emails, cell phones, text messages - many of us are overwhelmed by a plethora of distractions. Our lives may be described as the sum of what we focus on.Tags: Winifred Gallagher, psychology, focus, attention, meditation, brain, motivation, will power, Science, Psychology

One of the founding institutions of America's government is also one of the most overlooked and surprising ones: the Postal Service. What role did it play in shaping the early, disparate colonies into a unified nation? How has it survived the digital age? And what's its future going forward? Our guest is Winifred Gallagher, writer and author of How the Post Office Created America.   

Vi tok en tur i Slottsparken og snakket om en masse tema, ting vi har nevnt i podcasten tidligere og saker vi kanskje vil gå mer i dybden på senere. Temaene er valgt av Lars, Pål hadde ikke peiling på hva det var vi skulle snakke om. Vi snakket om mobiler, samtaler, argumentasjon, læring og lesing, konsentrasjon, Gunnar Tjomlid og skepsis, problemet med å fokusere for mye på kvantitative data når det er snakk om helse, vegetarisk kosthold, hva kunnskap gjør med oss. For å nevne noe... Forhåpentligvis får episoden deg til å tenke på noe du kanskje ikke hadde tenkt på, gjør deg nysgjerrig på noe du ikke visste du var nysgjerrig på, osv. Vi koste oss i alle fall veldig, slike samtaler er noe av det beste som finnes.   Bøker nevnt i episoden: Sherry Turkle, Reclaiming conversation. The power of talk in a digital age. 2016 Winifred Gallagher, Rapt. Attention and the focused life. 2009 Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, fast and slow. 2011   Podcaster: Dialogisk Moralistene Waking up, Sam Harris sin podcast   Omtal oss gjerne på Itunes, del denne og andre episoder med venner, det hadde gjort oss enda lykkeligere! Alt godt! 

Thursday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Winifred Gallagher (author) -- "How the Post Office Created America"2. Jason Wert (USA Radio) -- Deaths of police officers in the line of duty have jumped this year.3. Leonard Raskin (financial adviser) -- When it comes to paying for vacation, most Americans go into debt to do it. In a new survey from LearnVest, 74% of people say they’ve gone into debt to pay for a vacation.4. Roundtable discussion -- This morning on MSNBC, "Morning Joe" aired Donald Trump's live speech in full. Host Joe Scarborough then had some choice words and raw reaction to the speech.Like us on Facebook!Image credit: WEBN-TV/Flickr

Alex and Nick invite Gary Sundt, writers' assistant on NBC's Superstore and ABC's The Goldbergs, to discuss the ins-and-outs of assisting TV writers in comedy. How do comedy writers' rooms operate? How do those experiences in the room help your own writing? When and how should you navigate asking your boss to read your content? What are the priorities when helping a writer develop a pilot? What is the meaning of storytelling? The Paper Team pulls up a chair... SHOWNOTES Content Being a writer's assistant, assisting a showrunner in developing pilots, working in a writer's room, and the role of comedy in politics (00:01:20) Resources and Next Time On (1:14:32) Links Gary Sundt on IMDb Superstore (TV Series) The Goldbergs (2013 TV series) Playboy's the Antiviral Show Archie Comics Kill Bill Angel (TV Series) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Marley & Me Clerks II Summertime Killers Rick Wiener Kenny Schwartz American Housewife Charlie Grandy Guys With Kids Super Fun Night Justin Spitzer Dan Harmon Mulaney America Ferrara Ruben Fleischer Colossal Adam F. Goldberg Joseph Campbell Michael Arndt Blake Snyder "Save the Cat" - Blake Snyder Neil Gaiman Twister (Film) Independence Day (Film) Adam Wingard Death Note (2017 Film) "The Hidden Life of Trees" - Peter Wohlleben "Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life" - Winifred Gallagher "Essays in Love" - Alain de Botton "Modern Romance" - Aziz Ansari Resources Michael Arndt's "Setting a Story in Motion" (Video) "What Are You Laughing At?" - Dan O'Shannon This episode brought to you by Tracking Board's Launch Pad Writing Competitions Use code PAPERTEAM to get $15 OFF when you enter a Launch Pad Competition Special thanks to Alex Switzky for helping us edit this episode. If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :) You can find Paper Team on Twitter: Alex - @TVCalling Nick - @_njwatson If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co

Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America: A History, argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people … Continue reading →

Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America: A History, argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people … Continue reading →

TIM RYAN - Originally aired August 2012 WINIFRED GALLAGHER - Originally aired May 2009 "My experience is what I agree to attend to." -- William James This week we focus on mindful attention - hailed by ancient spiritual traditions and modern neuroscience alike as one of the keys to the quality of our lives. In the first half, I'll be joined by Ohio Congressman TIM RYAN, who offers a radical solution to the stresses and problems that face Americans today -- radical in its original meaning of having to do with roots of things. He has written a book, A MINDFUL NATION: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit. Ryan has a daily practice of mindful meditation and now he's advocating that the spread of similar practices could help heal us, not just as individuals but as a nation. And his book is filled with examples of how mindfulness is already being successfully applied in education, healthcare, even the military. Then I'll speak with bestselling author, WINIFRED GALLAGHER about her book, RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life. In it, she argues that ""The skillful management of attention is the... key to improving virtually every aspect of your experience, from mood to productivity to relationships." Gallagher came to appreciate this while fighting a fairly advanced form of cancer. Determined not to let her illness "monopolize" her attention, she made a conscious choice to look "toward whatever seemed meaningful, productive, or energizing and away from the destructive, or dispiriting." Her experience of the world was transformed, and she set out to learn more about the science of attention as well as what we can do to cultivate it. Here's one big tip based on neuroscience: GALLAGHER recommends starting your workday concentrating on your most important task for 90 minutes. At that point, your brain may need a break But don't let yourself get distracted by anything else during that first hour and a half, because it can take the brain 20 minutes to reboot after an interruption.

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Aired 01/29/12 Though change has never been as rapid as it is today, adapting to new circumstance is so crucial to our survival that "love of the new" is hardwired into our brains at the deepest levels. The number of new things we confront - from products to information - has quadrupled in the last thirty years with no signs of slowing. In NEW: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change, WINIFRED GALLAGHER points out that 15% of us are "neophiliacs," biologically predisposed to passionately pursue new experiences. Another 15% are "neophobes" who resist change. Most of us fall in the middle. WINIFRED GALLAGHER has written for magazines from The Atlantic Monthly to Rolling Stone. Her books include Just the Way You Are: How Heredity and Experience Create the Individual, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, The Power of Place: How Our Surroundings Shape Our Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions; and Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life.

(Breather) Enjoy more insights from Cal Newport’s book, Deep Work. In this episode, I discuss why attention is key to living a happy life, why you are the sum of what you focus on, and why you can find something positive in any and every situation ― even when you get into a massive blowout fight with a friend or family member! All the way back in 1993, the late Neil Postman *warned us against the culture of technology* , where anything representing technological progress was deemed as good, instead of weighing the pros and cons. Oh man, doesn’t this hit home with the Apple Watch? You can make a list of the good things about it if it counts your steps and get you more active. If an old person falls, it sends a warning and help is alerted. But shouldn’t we make a list of potential downsides such as the constant ability to be distracted from the present moment, or perhaps the constant emission of electromagnetic fields on a device strapped to your body? Newport talks about examples from The New York Times pressuring their top reporters to regularly tweet (while their prestige comes from investigative journalism and complex stories, they still want distractible, low value noise instead of quality work. And Marissa Mayer banned Yahoo employees from working remotely, entirely due to a perceived lack of productivity (they would track employees as they logged-in to a remote server to get email). It’s all because the deep work that provides the real value in today’s economy is invisible, along the way at least. *What you’ll learn during this episode:* * Human beings are at their best when they are immersed into something that’s deeply challenging. * Since depth (people who do deep work) is becoming more and more rare, those who disengage from the cultural momentum *can create a huge competitive advantage for themselves by being more productive* than those immersed into busyness. By rejecting pressure to answer emails quickly or participate in social media, you can also obtain an additional benefit, which is increasing the meaning and the sense of accomplishment you get from your work. * Winifred Gallagher’s 2009 book, *Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life* ( https://www.amazon.com/Rapt-Attention-Focused-Winifred-Gallagher/dp/0143116908/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=rapt&qid=1579301653&s=books&sr=1-1 ) , drew some parallels between attention and happiness. The *skillful* *management of attention is the key to living a good life* and it transcends across all different kinds of endeavors, including parenting, friendship, family, relationships, personal health, and fitness. * Gallagher says *who you are is the sum of what you focus on.* Her insights came from a cancer diagnosis, where she was resolute to not obsess about the treatments or the prospects, but instead focus on enjoying her daily life. It was, of course, an extreme ordeal, but she still reports feeling quite pleasant most of the time. * You can use even unpleasant situations, such as an argument with a loved one, and turn it into a positive by declaring that *the argument has uncovered a need to address an issue that’s causing pain and suffering.* There’s always a positive attribute to focus on: Gallagher cites research with elderly folks showing that they were successfully able to rewire their brains, such that the amygdala did not respond to negative imagery in the same manner as a young person. * *When you are deeply focused* on something, *you by definition ignore the little intricacies of your day* that are not perfect and can add up to major frustrations.  You have no time and energy to worry about little personal slates or busy work that needs to get done. But, when we are constantly distractible and constantly checking inbox and text messages, *we get dragged down the drain of negative energy,* because the idle mind tends to fixate on the negative, such as FOMO (‘fear of missing out’) and FOKU (‘fear of keeping up’, as coined by my past guest, Dr. Elisha Goldstein ( https://www.bradkearns.com/2018/09/13/dr-elisha-goldstein-mindfulness-in-the-age-of-distractibility-and-hyper-connectivity/ ) ). * Wise words from Gallagher after surviving cancer: “For the rest of my life, I’ll choose my targets with care, and give them my wrapped attention.” * Referencing the work of the great Flow state researcher Mikhail Csikszentmihalyi ( https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_flow_the_secret_to_happiness?language=en ) , Newport argues that, when we are in the flow state *we are the happiest* , and *this happens more likely at work, than during leisure time.* * Deep work leads to flow, it leads to deep satisfaction, and it leads to a happy, content life. Check out the show where I cover Dr. Robert Lustig’s book, The Hacking of the American Mind ( https://www.bradkearns.com/2019/12/20/hacking-the-american-mind-1/ ) , and talk about how most people don’t even recognize that they are constantly flooding their dopamine pathways, to the extent that they suppress serotonin and can’t concentrate or obtain contentment or satisfaction. So ― how do you kick some butt and become a Deep Worker??? Here are the top tips I’ve gathered from the book: * * *Schedule time for deep work.* Block out (at least) one hour in your calendar to focus on working on high cognitive demand tasks. Most people prefer to do more mentally demanding tasks in the morning, when they have fresh and clearer mindsets (as opposed to later on in the day), and still have the discipline to enforce boundaries that ensure productivity. * *Be OK with annoying people. Not by being annoying, but by not responding, or taking a long time to respond to messages and calls ― this is OK and oftentimes, very necessary for focus and productivity.* * * *Track your time.* Good to Great ( https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=jim+collins+good+to+great&qid=1591834813&sr=8-2 ) author Jim Collins sets a goal every year that 50% of his time will be spent on deep work or creative work. He also uses a spreadsheet so he can account for every minute of his time. * *Protect the time that makes you more creative.* For many people, this time is during the morning. But it doesn’t matter what time of the day it is that you’re able to get the most “deep work” done - just that you do it. If that’s mid-afternoon, then great! Just stay committed to doing deep work during a time that works best for you. * *Don’t forget about distinct shutdown time.* It’s easy to focus on the importance of productivity, but rest is equally important for focus and hard work. You won’t be able to get anything done well on little to no sleep, so take time to recharge. * *“Inspiration is for amateurs.” If you are going to wait around for inspiration to just suddenly strike, then you will be in the amateur division. Don’t wait to get started on all of these very important steps, like scheduling time and tracking how you spend your time, because how can you expect to make any progress that way? Don’t hesitate, overthink, or wait for inspiration ― just go for it!* *TIMESTAMPS:* The morphing of technology with humanity is not necessarily a good thing. [05:04] Is commuting to work and school always best? [08:45] The skillful management of attention is the key to living a good life. [10:04] The idle mind tends to fixate on the negative. [13:12] Schedule some time (actually use your calendar) an hour in the morning to work on highly cognitive demand tasks when you are most fresh. [15:18] Be okay with annoying people by not responding immediately. Keep track of how you spend your time. [17:13] Have the discipline to protect your time. Have a shut-down time as well. [19:03] If you are going to wait around for inspiration to strike you like a lightning bolt, you’re going to be in the amateur division. [19:51] *LINKS:* * Deep Work ( https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586692 ) * Dr. Elisha Goldstein podcast ( https://www.bradkearns.com/2018/09/13/dr-elisha-goldstein-mindfulness-in-the-age-of-distractibility-and-hyper-connectivity/ ) * Rapt Attention ( https://www.amazon.com/Rapt-Attention-Focused-Winifred-Gallagher/dp/0143116908 ) * Mihaly Csikszentmihaly ( https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_flow_the_secret_to_happiness?language=en ) *QUOTES:* * "Human beings are at their best when they are immersed into something that’s deeply challenging." Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-get-over-yourself-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands