We are all so busy living our lives - looking forward to something, dreading another - that it’s sometimes very hard to remember to pay attention to what’s happening right now. But the only time we can do anything is in the present moment. So although making plans for the future, and learning from our past, is really important, we still need to be applying those lessons, in real time, right now.
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Who has the best advice?
There’s a story about the long, multi-step process that indigenous communities use to prepare cassava for eating. You have to peel the roots, grate them, soak them and rinse them repeatedly, then ferment the resulting soggy mess, before squeezing out the water, drying them in the sun, and then - finally! - cooking them to eat (being careful to discard the cooking water). All this takes several days, and a lot of effort.
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You Are Not Your Score
Ever felt your mood rise and fall with a number? For me, today, as a chess enthusiast, that number is my chess rating, a seemingly arbitrary figure based on a game, but which can still dictate the highs and lows of my day. Sound familiar? This post explores the madness of this obsession and offers a powerful reminder: you are so much more than these numbers.
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