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 Subscribe  Disciple: “Can you tell me more about the recipe?” Master: “If one looks at anything one has done regardless of the complexity, one can see the ingredients of this recipe in what was done. The recipe does not guarantee the results, but being aware of the recipe is important because it makes one aware of what is needed to do the best one can, potentially minimizing the risk of failure. This recipe is comprised of the following ingredients: determination, self-discipline, passion, patience, perseverance, hard work, and in some cases, skill. How good the end result is depends on the quantity and/or quality of each of these ingredients. This recipe applies to absolutely everything one does in life, whether it is sports, arts, business, or even life.” Disciple: “Can you elaborate, Sir?” Master: “For that, we need to look at each of the ingredients.  ‘Determination’ is the feeling or force that pushes one to persevere towards a difficult goal in spite ...

 Subscribe  Disciple: “Master, what does one need to achieve success…to be successful?” Master: “Can you grab with your hands the early morning mist?” Disciple: “No, master. It is not possible. I can feel it but I cannot grab it.” Master: “Success, and its opposite, failure, like the mist, can be experienced but cannot be attained.” Disciple: “I am completely lost, Master.” Master: “They are just judgements. They do not really exist. People, in their need to grade and judge, feel the need to apply a judgement to everything they do. It helps them to make sense of things. Success is applied when the results are as expected, positive, or beneficial to the individual(s) affected. Otherwise, failure is applied. Neither one exists. What someone calls success, someone else may call failure; and what someone calls failure, someone else may call success. Because of their subjective and completely impermanent nature, they cannot last. They are basically temporary, short-...

 Subscribe  In the last article, I explained that distraction can be, basically, anything that diverts our attention from a desired area of focus and that our attention is not continuous as we perceive it but our ability to focus is designed to work in bursts of attention, rather than uninterruptedly. However, we still have the initial question pending: Is distraction a curse or a blessing? I will address this question in this article below. To answer this question, we need to look at this issue from the mind or psychological standpoint. By understanding how our attention works from the biological standpoint, we can leverage this biological limitation to our advantage. “We can use distraction as a powerful tool for reducing the impact of painful or negative experiences (self-suppression) or for promoting positive experiences (self-expansion),” says Dr. Jane McGonigal in her book,  SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully . In the first case, distraction can be e...

 Subscribe  Have you noticed that more and more people seem to be consumed by their phones, tablets, and computers? It doesn’t matter where they are, on public transportation, in a restaurant, a store, a park, the gym, etc., even when walking or driving, most people are completely consumed by their electronic devices most of the time, especially by their phones. It seems that there is not a moment during the day when Facebook, Instagram, Tweeter, Tik Tok, game applications, email or something else is not consuming their attention and time. If so, if distraction is an integral part of our lives, then is this need to be distracted a curse or a blessing? Let’s start by understanding what distraction is. Distraction is the process of diverting the attention of an individual or group from a desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information. Distraction is caused by: the lack of ability to pay attention; lack of interest in the obje...