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Robert Coady

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  • This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better.
Samuel Sirota

JSTOR: Psychological Science, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Feb., 2007), pp. 165-171 - 0 views

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exercising science spirituality inspiration

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    Exercise and the Placebo Effect
joshua gallo

Shambhala Sun - How to do Mindfulness Meditation - 0 views

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  • In mindfulness, or shamatha, meditation, we are trying to achieve a mind that is stable and calm. What we begin to discover is that this calmness or harmony is a natural aspect of the mind.
  • There are certain conditions that are helpful for the practice of mindfulness. When we create the right environment it’s easier to practice.
  • Often we just plop ourselves down to meditate and just let the mind take us wherever it may. We have to create a personal sense of discipline. When we sit down, we can remind ourselves: “I’m here to work on my mind. I’m here to train my mind.” It’s okay to say that to yourself when you sit down, literally. We need that kind of inspiration as we begin to practice.
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  • The Buddhist approach is that the mind and body are connected.
  • we become more and more familiar with our mind, and in particular we learn to recognize the movement of the mind, which we experience as thoughts. We do this by using an object of meditation to provide a contrast or counterpoint to what’s happening in our mind. As soon as we go off and start thinking about something, awareness of the object of meditation will bring us back.
Brian Walsh

self help guide | Diigo - 0 views

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mindfulness happiness listening awareness spirituality zen inspiration

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      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      I feel like people are always seeking advice from outside sources about how to make their life better. They should just stop and think about themselves and they will get much further. People commonly need that push.
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      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      Raising your self esteem will help you in many different areas, and becoming self aware will increase your self esteem by knowing more about yourself and working out your problems and knowing your advantages
Samuel Sirota

JSTOR: Cancer Causes & Control, Vol. 20, No. 5 (Jul., 2009), pp. 775-784 - 0 views

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control exercising inspiration

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      physical activity increasing life expectancy 
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    Cancer Cause & Control
Alyssa Lau

Hong Kong airport glory days: Breathtaking photos - CNN.com - 0 views

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hong kong airport glory days photos inspiration

shared by Alyssa Lau on 02 Oct 13 - No Cached
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      Alyssa Lau on 02 Oct 13
       
      Though, it may seem odd that im annotating an article about the defunct Kai Tak Airport.  This airport does seem to relate to the concept of mindfulness and the process of focusing on one task at a time. 
  • "Passengers lucky enough to have a window seat had a fantastic view of the south side of Hong Kong Island, then Central and the harbor before landing over Kowloon."
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      Alyssa Lau on 02 Oct 13
       
      This portion of the article is highlighted because it explains that even though the task at hand is difficult, those who seek the opportunity, those who are lucky or fortunate, get to have a some sort of "fantastic view" on life.  This view may impact their life. 
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      Alyssa Lau on 02 Oct 13
       
      "Landing in Kai Tak was a hair-raising event even for experienced pilots."  Even though, a person may think that a task is simple and easy to do, even the most experienced person will have some difficulties trying to get the task done. 
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  • landing in Kai Tak was a hair-raising event even for experienced pilots.
  • 45-degree turn below 500 feet to line up with the runway, literally flying between the high-rise buildings, passing close to the famous orange and white checkerboard as you made that final turn toward the runway,"
Brian Walsh

Self-Improvement Ideas | Diigo - 0 views

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      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      We also haven't seen any mention of staying healthy. Exercising and eating healthy will allow the brain to work faster and better, meaning it will be easier to look into yourself.
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      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      Here's a new one: learning from your mistakes. We've heard about learning of your shortcomings and bad traits, but we haven't seen the mention of learning from personal errors
aldi gjoka

How to 'Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish:" Fixing Steve Jobs Commencement Advice - Forbes - 0 views

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      aldi gjoka on 11 Oct 13
       
      inspirational and really pushes one to do good every day
kurt stavenhagen

Did that New York magazine climate story freak you out? Good. - Vox - 0 views

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shared by kurt stavenhagen on 06 Oct 17 - No Cached
  • He simply says that there’s lots of carbon buried in the permafrost and, as the ice melts, the carbon is released as methane, which is 86 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (on a short- to mid-term basis). That is true.
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      kurt stavenhagen on 06 Oct 17
       
      Partly correct appraisal here. The carbon is not likely to be released as methane!
  • One set of satellite data was updated, it falls in line with the rest, and warming is happening roughly on the schedule models predicted (which, as Mann notes, is plenty fast enough).
  • So that’s one close call and one error, which together constitute, by my rough calculation, about a fiftieth of the factual claims in WW’s piece. The rest, as far as I know, stands.
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  • But Wallace-Wells’ piece was not about that. It was about what will happen if we keep on as-is.
  • He’s merely describing what could happen if we cease to act, which no one wants ... except one of the two major political parties in the world’s most powerful country, including the man in charge of the executive branch and military
    • kurt stavenhagen
      kurt stavenhagen on 06 Oct 17
       
      Kairotic here? Given the situation politically, does Wallace-Wells have more latitude to explore the worst case scenario?
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      kurt stavenhagen on 06 Oct 17
       
      Intriguing shift to the social dynamics. 
  • There’s been a sort of general failure of imagination that means we’ve accepted what’s the median-likely outcome as a worst-case scenario. As a result we’ve been a bit handicapped in thinking about how much action needs to be taken.
  • Things stay roughly as they are” is just as improbable as the worst-case scenario he lays out, yet I’d venture to guess it is believed (or more importantly, envisioned) by vastly more people. Part of that is because envisioning the best-case scenario is easy — it looks just like now! — while envisioning the worst-case scenario is very difficult. It’s especially difficult because the worst-case scenario is treated by the very few people who understand it as a kind of forbidden occult knowledge to which ordinary people cannot survive exposure. Nobody can talk about it without getting scolded by the hope police.
  • it’s just weird for journalists and analysts to worry about overly alarming people regarding the biggest, scariest problem humanity has ever faced.
  • When there are important things that people don’t understand, journalists should explain those things. Attempts at dime-store social psychology are unlikely to lead to better journalism.
  • nobody really knows anything. Even if there are accurate statements about how people in general respond to messages in general, they won’t tell you much about how you ought to communicate with the people you want to reach.
    • kurt stavenhagen
      kurt stavenhagen on 06 Oct 17
       
      Yes! Applied rhetoric: no longer do general bromides apply; context and timing is everthing; if as the saying goes all politics are ultimately local, then all rhetoric is ultimately local.
  • Similarly, the dry, hedged language of science is not the only serious or legitimate way to communicate, though climate scientists often mistake it as such.
  • consciously pitched to reach and inspire some mythical average reader (as encountered in social science studies filtered through popular journalism) tends to be flavorless and dull.
  • engineering
  • a climate system that will now go to war with us for many centuries, perhaps until it destroys us.
  • it is another thing entirely to consider the possibility that we have only provoked it
  • I just try to communicate like I would like to be communicated to, frankly and clearly, as though I’m talking to a friend in a bar.
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