Hi Diane, your point about the internal vs. external focus is very interesting - thank you for making it. I wrote the article from the 'judging others' external perspective, and hadnt actually considered how the internal can be just as mentally tiring. I think meditation helps me create a peace and a silence that we all so desperately need(I've written a piece about it here: http://liveknowingthis.blogspot.com/2009/01/meditation-tool-for-super-successful.html )doing this regularlly allows my mind to automatically focus on what is important and leave everything else behind. I might see if I can russle up enough words to write about the internally focused mental chatter soon, as like you I'm thinking about my 'to do' list while cooking (brain in 'organising' mode). We need to teach ourselves when to stop! Thanks so so much for your thoughts. :) Allison
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Hi Diane, your point about the internal vs. external focus is very interesting - thank you for making it. I wrote the article from the 'judging others' external perspective, and hadnt actually considered how the internal can be just as mentally tiring. I think meditation helps me create a peace and a silence that we all so desperately need(I've written a piece about it here: http://liveknowingthis.blogspot.com/2009/01/meditation-tool-for-super-successful.html )doing this regularlly allows my mind to automatically focus on what is important and leave everything else behind. I might see if I can russle up enough words to write about the internally focused mental chatter soon, as like you I'm thinking about my 'to do' list while cooking (brain in 'organising' mode). We need to teach ourselves when to stop! Thanks so so much for your thoughts. :) Allison
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