“Material success is a way of tightening up your life so that you can move into higher planes of attention. You should try to do well in every aspect of your life, because each aspect of your life affects your total being.” WayShouldTryingWellsMovingAttentionMaterialsBuddhismHigherAspectPlanes Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you have had your attention directed to the novelties in thought in your own lifetime, you will have observed that almost all really new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced, and almost any idea which jogs you out of your current abstractions may be better than nothing.” IfsFirstsMayIdeasCertainAttentionAspectLifetimeCurrentsNew IdeasFoolishnessAbstractionNovelty Author:Alfred North Whitehead
“Whistleblowers is another aspect that needs to be addressed. We have to restore the protections of whistleblowers and also the encouragement and rewards. It shouldn't just be that they don't get crucified; it should be that they are again folk heroes, or celebrated for bringing critical matters to public attention, as opposed to traitors.” NeedsShouldMatterAttentionHeroAspectEncouragementRewardsFolksCriticalProtectionTraitorWhistleblowers Author:Ted Gup
“The normal kid can differentiate between various aspects of life, but a kid with dyslexia has to connect all those dots, and they have to link it like a chain. Teachers can't incorporate that. They don't have time; it's not their fault. They don't have the resources to give personal attention to each kid in the classroom.” GivingKidsAttentionTeacherNormalResourcesAspectFaultsVariousChainsLinksClassroomDotsDifferentiateAspects Of LifeDyslexia Author:Malik Yusef
“The aspects of global warming that matter most to people - how rapidly will the seas rise? Are hurricanes already getting stronger? How strong will they get as a result of warming? Those are still immersed in complexity. So in those realms that catch people's attention most, or that get used as symbols by environmental campaigners, those facets really do come with significant back-and-forthing.” PeopleStillsMatterUsedStrongResultsAttentionSeaAspectStrongerEnvironmentalSignificantSymbolsRealmsComplexityGlobal WarmingHurricanesFacetsStrong WillGetting Stronger Author:Andrew Revkin
“Unlike most of life, what you do really matters. Your actions have real consequences. You have to pay attention and focus, and that's very satisfying. It forces you to pay great attention and you lose yourself in the task at hand. Without the risk, that wouldn't happen, so the risk is an essential part of climbing, and that's hard for some people to grasp. You can't justify the risk when things go wrong and people die. The greater the risk, the greater the reward in most aspects of life, and in climbing that's certainly true, too. It's very physical, you use your mind and your body.” PeopleMindRealMatterHardUseBodyHandsHappensActionDiesForceLosesPayAttentionGreaterFocusRiskEssentialsConsequenceAspectTasksRewardsYour BodyPay AttentionJustifyClimbingSatisfyingLosing YourselfAspects Of LifeWhen Things Go WrongTask At Hand Author:Jon Krakauer
“Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things. In France, I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America I found they were intimately united and that they reigned in common over the same country.” FirstsCountryStatesAmericaPoliticalSpiritFoundReligiousUnitedCommonAttentionUnited StatesConsequenceAspectOppositesFranceArrivalsGreat Political Book:Democracy In America -- Vol. 1 Source: Democracy In America -- Vol. 1
“The prescription is that the subject must be made to show new aspects of itself; to prompt new questions; in a word, to change. From an unchanging subject the attention inevitably wanders away.” MadeShowsAttentionSubjectsAspectWanderPrescriptionsPromptsUnchanging Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals