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The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process Paperback - 2012
by Thomas M. Sterner
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The technological speed, habitual multi-tasking, and promises of instant gratification of modern life don't help at alleviating failure. Sterner has found that society lost the principles of practice, goal setting, and perseverance.
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- Title The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process
- Author Thomas M. Sterner
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New World Library
- Publication date 2012-04-10
- Features Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4CNO3H002LTU
- ISBN 9781608680900 / 1608680908
- Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5 x 0.6 in (20.07 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
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- Category Self-Help
- Library of Congress subjects Mind and body, Persistence
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011050865
- Dewey Decimal Code 153.153
- Quantity available 1
- Bookseller catalogues Book
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In those times when we want to acquire a new skill or face a formidable challenge we hope to overcome, what we need most are patience, focus, and discipline, traits that seem elusive or difficult to maintain. In this enticing and practical book, Thomas Sterner demonstrates how to learn skills for any aspect of life, from golfing to business to parenting, by learning to love the process. Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. If we had given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, we would never have learned to walk or tie our shoes. So why, as adults, do we often give up on a goal when at first we don't succeed? Modern life's technological speed, habitual multitasking, and promises of instant gratification don't help. But in his study of how we learn (prompted by his pursuit of disciplines such as music and golf), Sterner has found that we have also forgotten the principles of practice -- the process of picking a goal and applying steady effort to reach it. The methods Sterner teaches show that practice done properly isn't drudgery on the way to mastery but a fulfilling process in and of itself, one that builds discipline and clarity. By focusing on "process, not product," you'll learn to live in each moment, where you'll find calmness and equanimity. This book will transform a sense of futility around learning something challenging into an attitude of pleasure and willingness.
