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Clearing one’s mind is both a cause and effect of greater control. If you are anxious, being disorganized serves to heighten the madness because it magnifies the havoc in a given situation. Your thought process and your physical surroundings thus mirror one another. The paradoxical pairing down of our possessions and our resultant happiness is not therefore an accident, but rather a byproduct of removing what is burdensome. Turn the page…
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We need to bring our use of time into closer alignment with our priorities in life (Perrotta, p. 39)
Diversions are a testament to what isn’t working in our lives. Instead of goal oriented planning to “clear the cobwebs,” we resort to activities that dull our senses.
TV is such a distraction. Time that could be spent exercising, conversing with friends, repairing relationships, and doing something productive is channeled into a mindless pastime.
In his book Taming the TV Habit, Perrotta reports the following: Turn the page…
Jackie Gilbert is a Professor of Management in the Middle Tennessee State University College of Business.
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