Difference between revisions of "Intensity"
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| − | * | + | * Intensity, as an ideal or virtue, concerns putting your whole attention completely into the task at hand. |
| − | * | + | * Intensity takes place entirely in task attention, which concerns only the present moment. |
| − | * | + | * Creative work takes place when task attention enters a cloud of unknowing. |
| − | * | + | * Most fundamental act of intensity, which shapes task attention, is committing fully to the task at hand. |
| − | * | + | * Working with intensity means unitasking. |
| − | * | + | * Multitasking is a myth, and it lowers your IQ. |
| − | * | + | * Task attention concerns what is real, what really exists. |
| − | * | + | * Predictive attention concerns the unreal. |
| − | * | + | * Mindfulness is an exercise of task attention. |
| − | * | + | * Mindfulness turns off your predictive attention. |
Latest revision as of 18:57, 22 May 2020
Key Claims
- Intensity, as an ideal or virtue, concerns putting your whole attention completely into the task at hand.
- Intensity takes place entirely in task attention, which concerns only the present moment.
- Creative work takes place when task attention enters a cloud of unknowing.
- Most fundamental act of intensity, which shapes task attention, is committing fully to the task at hand.
- Working with intensity means unitasking.
- Multitasking is a myth, and it lowers your IQ.
- Task attention concerns what is real, what really exists.
- Predictive attention concerns the unreal.
- Mindfulness is an exercise of task attention.
- Mindfulness turns off your predictive attention.
