If you spent a moment without thinking, would you cease to exist?
As I mentioned earlier, when I give talks about using mindfulness practices to focus on your work, at least one person usually tells me they “can’t meditate” because they can’t seem to force their mind to quiet.
But often, if I get the chance to [...]

I’ve published a guest post at The Change Blog called “How Getting Used To Silence Can Help Your Productivity.”  It’s about how developing the ability to tolerate silence helps us concentrate on our projects and get more done.  I hope you find it useful and I look forward to seeing you there!

Many people’s biggest fear around interacting with others is that they’re going to “run out of things to say.”  An “awkward pause,” to many of us, seems like the most painful and embarrassing thing that can possibly happen in a conversation.  We fear silence so deeply that we often find ourselves talking solely to fill [...]

I used to go through life without really seeing or hearing much of the world around me.  Instead, I was mostly seeing images and hearing sounds created by my mind.  Rather than seeing what was happening in the world, I was watching mental pictures of past events from my life—usually ones I regretted, and of [...]