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Debunking the "1,000 hours of practice" myth
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Posted by JBfrom
Nov 15, 2011 at 03:38 PM
Thanks Daly. I enjoyed it too. I’ll look into Zabat.
I go a bit beyond mindfulness, which I view as excessively passive by itself.
My approach incorporates frame control as one of its goals, and also strong identity convergence, and emotion management. I do a lightweight form of meditation continuously.
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Nov 15, 2011 at 05:55 PM
JB, it’s Jon Kabat-Zinn.
The practice of mindfulness has no specific goals. the teachers say even to have the goal of becoming mindful is not helpful.
If there is a goal to mindfulness practice it would be simply to do the practice, and to seek greater mindfulness in the practice.
Whatever follows, follows. Mindfulness is not a way of programming, or of becoming more efficient, though it may lead to such outcomes.
Mindfulness is serendipitous practice in that one never knows what will occur in in its wake.
When used as a means of stress reduction, or post-anesthesia pain relief and recovery, though there is a “reason” or “motive” for beginning or undertaking the practice, the practice itself is no different than if a life-long mindfulness practitioner was sitting for practice on a hill top, or in a crowded city bus.
Mindfulness practice certainly is passive in terms of what we think of when we use words such as active or passive. What may occur as a result of this “passivity” can be transformational, and this isn’t me theorizing: empirical, peer reviewed studies from various disciplines confirm what I am saying.
Daly
JBfrom wrote:
>Thanks Daly. I enjoyed it too. I’ll look into Zabat.
>
>I go a bit beyond mindfulness,
>which I view as excessively passive by itself.
>
>My approach incorporates frame
>control as one of its goals, and also strong identity convergence, and emotion
>management. I do a lightweight form of meditation continuously.
Posted by JBfrom
Nov 16, 2011 at 01:10 AM
Correct on both counts. Mindfulness can be designed and undertaken for a purpose, and yet the practice of mindfulness must be done without any emotional or conscious agenda.
Posted by JBfrom
Nov 16, 2011 at 03:40 AM
I wrote an article inspired by this discussion.
It’s titled “Laziness and distraction: the ultimate productivity techniques”
Posted by Chris Murtland
Nov 16, 2011 at 04:42 PM
I’ve continued this discussion at http://www.mypersonalproductivity.com/topics/viewt/2/0/check-email-first-thing-in-the-morning-or-not