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@bias
Your attention is the single most important finite resource you have. It can determine nearly all the outcomes and possibilities for your life. Choose wisely.
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vincent
@pixel
(Digital) environments determine a lot of what we pay attention to, organizing environment is organizing mind: follow people worth following, block noise, hang out with smart and driven people.
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@bias
The whole goldfish in a fishbowl They’ll grow to fit the environment you give them
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vincent
@pixel
reminds me of a quote: "what brain thinks is determined by its environment, the smart brain figures out it can change the environment"
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@bias
Yes, very much 🩷 If you allow dark twisted things to take up a lot of space in your attention landscape, they will grow to fit the allotment you’ve provided, and elevated feelings of hopelessness or despair will follow The news cycles these days wants you to feel all of that at all times It’s unsustainable
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vincent
@pixel
works for physical environments too: what books you have around determine what you read, having a bottle of water in your desk makes you drink more
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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
You reminded me of the parable of the "Two Wolves" @bias An old Cherokee tells his grandson about the inner battle between two wolves: one evil and one good. The boy asks which wolf wins. The elder replies, "The one you feed."
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