The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)

Chapter 7 — The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations). 1074 thoughts gathered here — 49 made it into the written chapter, the rest wait in the pool. This introduction is a placeholder for the author's own words.

The spine

The thoughts this chapter was written from, in order of appearance.

  1. Human beings are not disturbed by the things that…
  2. The reality of the situation never changes, you can…
  3. Human beings are not disturbed by the things that…
  4. Irving Berlin said life is 10% what you make…
  5. E plus P equals oh
  6. . If we are not paying attention or specifically…
  7. We are free to think, or not to bother…
  8. If you want to be affective, we need to…
  9. At all times we remain present enough to recognize…
  10. you have to find the next curve while you’re…
  11. . If morality means anything, it means first and…
  12. The world is not always, or ever, exactly as…
  13. The world is never as it seems
  14. Our understanding of nature is only the result of…
  15. There’s nothing wrong with not knowing, but there’s something…
  16. Genius, in truth, means a little more than the…
  17. The thinker is preeminently a man who sees where…
  18. There are always four sides to a story
  19. Get the big picture
  20. what's another way I could view my situation?
  21. Dealing with others-Marcel Proust once said that the only…
  22. Winston Churchill said a pessimist sees the difficulty and…
  23. The brain doesn't function without expectations
  24. Anger is sparked when people and events in our…
  25. satisfaction with life, what I think about my life…
  26. the happiness equation, happiness, greater, or equal to the…
  27. Anticipate the pleasure
  28. Although life is about the accumulation of losses, yet…
  29. you’re experiencing self Is the part of your conscience…
  30. the experiencing self is what you experience at the…
  31. as visual illusions demonstrate, much of what we perceived…
  32. Can you identify your insecurities?
  33. Barrier two, duration neglect
  34. of a holiday, for instance, we only remember the…
  35. To create distance from the self
  36. Where all think alike, no one thinks very much
  37. anxiety is evoked by the perception of a threat
  38. and even when we manage to attain semi permanent…
  39. You have to recognize that the world is an…
  40. it starts with being mindful in the first place…
  41. Good investors are masters of “viewing situations as they…
  42. So how best to handle expectations?
  43. This means that if we want to increase our…
  44. Ask the project teams to complete and compile a…
  45. if we were lost in a forest, i
  46. I recommend viewing your own importance from the per-spective…
  47. Why are you always cheerful?
  48. keyword expectations Life is unfair
  49. the truth is that every relationship is based around…

The pool

Gathered for this chapter, not yet used — raw material for what comes next.

The instruments (awareness/perception/expectations)

Emotion

Change

Action

Brain-mind

Self

Decision

Consciousness

Growth

Business

Education

Communication

Living

Experience

Community

Mind

Thought

Belief

Judgment

Challenge

Learning

Anxiety

Insight

Choice

Happiness

Failure

Reflection

Focus

Success

Empathy

Balance

Goal

Perspective

Aging

Consequences

Observation

Society

Relationships

Trait

Awe

Leadership

Regret

Expectations

Motivation

Flexibility

Accountability

Habit

Legacy

Conflict

Nature nurture

Resilience

Passion

Epilogue

Family

Self awareness