How to live
A Focused Life
The First Step towards a Focused LIfe
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did you find that you were hyper focused
on
every activity that you were part of
throughout the day while you were in the
monastery
at first no because i was never taught
how to concentrate
i didn't learn concentration until i
joined the monastery so it wasn't until
i went there
that i learned but it was easier to to
learn it there because i was surrounded
by
monks who can concentrate and then i was
also taught how to
but now i i feel i don't have any
problem concentration but not
because i am a master at it or i am i'm
excellent it's just that i've been
practicing it for so many years and i've
created those pathways
i created patterns in my subconscious
that trains my awareness to be on one
thing at a time
what does that coaching look like if you
were coaching me i'm the distracted kid
i come into the monastery you're my guru
uh i have a hard time concentrating what
are some of the steps you're taking me
with to help me with that
i would say the first thing is i would
teach you how the mind works we wouldn't
even learn how to concentrate we need
i need you to really understand how the
mind works
once you know the mechanics of it then
you can actually start to control it but
if you don't know the mechanics of how
the mind works
then it becomes really difficult and i
don't know anything about the brain
it the mind is what our training is so
if you ask me about the pre-frontal
cortex or the whatever like
i have no idea what you're talking about
if you ask me about the mind that's my
training
right so understanding the mind is so
crucial so even like in
i have a course that's coming out in a
book that's coming out purely on
concentration
i the first big chunk of the book is
about the mind
understanding awareness and the mind
really getting people to understand that
because if you don't understand that
then you can't concentrate
