Hi, fellow Steemians!
Motivational knowledge divides into two major sources of inspiration; philosophy and theory.
While philosophy predominantly discusses the meaning of life from a hopeful perspective, theory struggles to showcase techniques that help towards a more productive life.
While it is important to understand inspiring philosophy, the idea that our existence is unique and we are gifted with many opportunities, that we should have dreams and goals, and be willing to find the courage to chase after those dreams.
It is also important to understand that in order to achieve our goals, we need principle and determination.
Productivity is key in bringing these two elements in your life, and that is why we need theories about how to live an inspiring life.
But none of the above matters if we do not have mindfulness!
You can spend an eternity reading and indulging in motivational content and inspiring stories, but if you are not mindful of this great wisdom that you are inheriting, you will never be able to truly use it to your advantage.
It is the same ancient story about the sage who knew everything. He had spent decades and decades reading books and pouring thousands of hours into knowledge and wisdom. But as wise as he was, he could never exploit that wisdom to improve his own life.
Many would argue that the sage could envision anything but his own life. But I have a different take on that story; the sage could not use his own wisdom because he overestimated the capacity of conscious thought process.
In this blog, we have already discussed many techniques (theories) on how you can improve your productivity. We have also described many philosophical standpoints that give you a hopeful and positive mindset of the world that you are living in.
But even though you have stored this knowledge in your mind, you are not consciously using it on a daily basis. The main problem with lack of productivity in spite of great wisdom is this; our unwillingness to become more mindful of what we know and what we need to practice.
Let me explain my point about mindfulness by making an example. Imagine that you are well aware of the Pomodoro Technique, and might have even used it before to manage your time more precisely.
Mindfulness is the art of constantly triggering your mind into remembering this knowledge and hence using it in your daily life.
The only pathway to achieve mindfulness is to set specific triggers for different chunks of information that are stored in your brain.
By activating these triggers in your daily routine, you will inadvertently be reminded of all the things you know and it is only then when you can actually implement them!
For our example, if you want to be mindful of the Pomodoro Technique, you can buy an item which reminds you of it and place it where you usually work.
Always have it with you when you want to work. In that way, you will always be mindful of the Pomodoro Technique and will utilize it to manage your time.
Without mindfulness, most of what we know is pretty much useless and can never improve our life.
Starting today, be mindful of everything that you learn.
A BIG HUG!
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Important Note!
I have been working very hard on this blog since the beginning. I have a very busy life but I am giving my best and believe me I have shared experiences that I have been coaching thousands of people and I know that the change of the Mindset should be daily. I am already grateful to see you giving upvotes to each other and you can see this with the fact that many already have 8, 9, 10 upvotes. But I'm sure that with the effort of all of us we will see a community with, 40, 50 upvotes and for that everyone should get engaged so we can make it come true. I believe and we can! Resteem...
***Remember Community: Please, if you commented and upvote on a new post I did, please always go back to the previous one because if someone in the community commented lastly because of time zone differences it will be without your upvote and that would not be fair.
You all know the goal! We can reach: 50+ Upvotes each others!
Attention!!!
I'm reading all the meaningful comments from the posts.
I am here making a list of all of you who have helped build this community by voting for each other who write meaningful comments and soon I will respond to everyone with comment and thank you all because I can already see this spirit being built in this Positive Mindset community and help between all of you.
You will receive my upvote in all material and brief comments I will do this in all the posts I am following very closely and I can see what the people who are generous and contribute to this legacy that I am trying to build with all of you can become reality in a short time.
AND
First of all, I would like to thank all of you, who are the most active and proactive in this community, showing your generosity and always with meaningful comments. From now on I will always make a list of these incredible people who have helped to expand our goal of growing ever more.
But I ask that if you are new around here you read many of the previous posts because they make it clear that we are building a community with respect among all, generosity and this blog is for those who really want to start moving their Mindset to positive and moreover be part of the growth of all of us who contribute to this blog. Please do not ask to include you in the list if you are just wanting upvotes because we want here people genuinely attuned to growth and good attitudes and as I have always said with Respect as the basis of all, generosity and positivity!
ABOUT OUR LIST!!! WE NEED GROW THIS LIST! LET'S GO TOGETHER IN THIS COMMUNITY - RESTEEM!
Feel free if you want to be included in the list of contributors to this community. Just ask at the end of your comment.
Thanks All of You!!!!
@chbartist