Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills, including attention, focus, stress management, impulse control, and self-awareness.

Kelly McGonigal
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  2. Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills, including attention, focus, stress management, impulse control, and self-awareness.

  3. Self-awareness: the ability to realize what we are doing as we do it, and understand why we are doing it.

  4. The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills –self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most– are the foundation for self-control.

  5. The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.

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