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may save them from?</li></ul><p id="5073"><b><i>‘I never craved attention until I tasted yours’ </i></b><i>— (Sree)</i></p><ul><li>You have better quality personal and professional relationships as you are perceived as mentally <i>‘present’</i> with other people and they don’t have to keep repeating their words because of inattention.</li><li>You can notice slight errors and alterations in written work, images, numbers, codes, logic, reasoning skills, and many other things that many people just don’t see.</li></ul><p id="f5f9"><b><i>‘If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it’ </i></b><i>— (Paulo Coelho)</i></p><ul><li>People respect your opinion as they know your attentive attitude means you rarely draw foggy or sloppy conclusions.</li><li>You can learn new skills and complete tasks thoroughly. You also generate more confidence in your ability to learn <i>anything </i>you need to,<i> </i>as you know how to apply your mind and focus.</li></ul><h2 id="1cbb">Inattention</h2><p id="9a37">Some people feel unable to pay attention — even to things they really enjoy, especially when life is stressful or they feel depressed. Although this is very understandable, in my experience, the more you practice <i>trying</i> to focus on an activity, even for a very short time, the easier it becomes. You also realize just how rewarding, enjoyable, and soothing it can be; being immersed in a process for the sake of it.</p><h2 id="daba">Extended Focus and Flow</h2><p id="e6f0">When we focus on an enjoyable activity for an extended time, we may enter a state of <i>‘flow’ (</i>as defined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) which can improve our experience of life and increase our ability to find real meaning and fulfillment.</p><p id="5b8b">The more states of <i>‘flow’</i> we can achieve, the better we feel, and this makes us less likely to experience negativity and feelings of disconnection or depression. We can even become elated and want to keep returning to that state.</p><p id="4d9b">This is partly because, when we are immersed in something deeply interesting that we love doing, the rest of the world temporarily disappears from our mental radar, fr

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eeing us from seeing all the stressful, trivial, and other factors that may divert us.</p><p id="b3b3">Effectively, in a state of flow, we become one with our intrinsic and natural <i>‘happy place’, </i>and who wouldn’t love that? Anyone who has experienced flow can tell you just how wonderful (and positively addictive) it is.</p><h2 id="5054">Recommended Reading</h2><p id="bb67">If you are interested in learning more about attention and focus in-depth, I can recommend a fabulous book (and New York Times Best Seller) by Winifred Gallagher, ‘RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life’, available on Amazon.</p><p id="96f2">This book is a unique and fascinating read that explains why our ability to pay attention and control our focus ultimately determines our quality of life. In my opinion, it is also an unexpected and very useful <i>‘self-help’ </i>book.</p><p id="ff69">I hope you enjoyed this Mini Insight.</p><p id="ae69"><i>Thanks for reading!</i></p><p id="6b3c">© America Zed. Other Stories by America Zed.</p><div id="a69f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/human-needs-in-love-and-life-12ecd302915c"> <div> <div> <h2>Human Needs in Love and Life</h2> <div><h3>Why it’s best to respect the differences.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*oj4xEYxzGOCwmFV2)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="c984" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/inspiration-station-part-one-113c40a8c8e0"> <div> <div> <h2>Inspiration Station ~/Part One</h2> <div><h3>Snippets of wisdom to re-charge your life</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*VdKTm3meqUubdo7w)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

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Why paying attention improves your life experience

These days, it cannot be overstated that not paying attention in our own lives can end up being costly, and may have serious or far-reaching consequences for ourselves and/or other people.

However, assuming you have no brain disease or injury, you can make your own valuable time more enjoyable, rewarding and less confusing when you choose to focus your mind.

The Benefits of Paying Attention

When a person gives their full attention to anything, this assists their brain in retrieving the relevant information at a later date. Some people think they have a poor memory, but often it is simply that they were not paying full attention in the first place, which then makes it very difficult for their brain to retrieve sketchy bits of data that were not properly recorded in their memory to start with. There is no point in being concerned about your memory if you choose not to pay attention, the two go together.

‘I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention — (Diane Sawyer)

You are more likely to notice the subtle nuances of conversations, i.e., things that are not said, but that are implied. However, if there is a lapse in your concentration, (listening, in this case), part of what is said may be lost on you, and this may be a game-changer or something serious that you really need to know.
You are less likely to have any type of physical accident.
You can sense when something is ‘off’ with someone you care about when they are not their usual self, so you can enquire or take action. Who knows what you may save them from?

‘I never craved attention until I tasted yours’ — (Sree)

You have better quality personal and professional relationships as you are perceived as mentally ‘present’ with other people and they don’t have to keep repeating their words because of inattention.
You can notice slight errors and alterations in written work, images, numbers, codes, logic, reasoning skills, and many other things that many people just don’t see.

‘If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it’ — (Paulo Coelho)

People respect your opinion as they know your attentive attitude means you rarely draw foggy or sloppy conclusions.
You can learn new skills and complete tasks thoroughly. You also generate more confidence in your ability to learn anything you need to, as you know how to apply your mind and focus.

Inattention

Some people feel unable to pay attention — even to things they really enjoy, especially when life is stressful or they feel depressed. Although this is very understandable, in my experience, the more you practice trying to focus on an activity, even for a very short time, the easier it becomes. You also realize just how rewarding, enjoyable, and soothing it can be; being immersed in a process for the sake of it.

Extended Focus and Flow

When we focus on an enjoyable activity for an extended time, we may enter a state of ‘flow’ (as defined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) which can improve our experience of life and increase our ability to find real meaning and fulfillment.

The more states of ‘flow’ we can achieve, the better we feel, and this makes us less likely to experience negativity and feelings of disconnection or depression. We can even become elated and want to keep returning to that state.

This is partly because, when we are immersed in something deeply interesting that we love doing, the rest of the world temporarily disappears from our mental radar, freeing us from seeing all the stressful, trivial, and other factors that may divert us.

Effectively, in a state of flow, we become one with our intrinsic and natural ‘happy place’, and who wouldn’t love that? Anyone who has experienced flow can tell you just how wonderful (and positively addictive) it is.