146 // A Challenge for Paying Better Attention

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 146 of The Mindful Kind podcast.

In this episode, I've shared a fun challenge to help you cultivate your attention and practice mindfulness!

Challenge 1: Give someone your full attention while you have a conversation with them

Challenge 2: Wait with patience and try to experience the present moment

Challenge 3: Use a breathing technique and re-focus your mind when it wanders

Challenge 4: Single-task when you would normally multi-task

Challenge 5: Allocate time for distracting activities

Challenge 6: Create a to-do list of distractions

Challenge 7: Engage in a creative activity for 20 minutes without distractions

Thank you so much for listening and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.
0:07.5	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey
0:12.3	and inspire you to create your own.
0:14.9	Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,
0:19.7	from my personal experiences to useful tools and different
0:23.6	mindful techniques.
0:32.1	Hello and welcome to episode 146 of the Mindful Kind podcast. On episode 145, I shared some tips and ideas about
0:41.7	how to increase productivity in a few different mindful ways. After that episode, I realized
0:47.8	there was an area that I wanted to explore in a little more detail, and that's the role
0:53.8	of mindfulness in paying attention.
0:56.7	When we can pay better attention and sustain attention for longer periods of time,
1:02.0	often our productivity and work quality improve. But it's hard. We live in a distracted world.
1:09.9	Even while you're listening to this podcast, you may not be giving it your full attention.
1:14.4	You might be doing work at the same time or cooking or reading or scrolling on social media.
1:20.3	The truth is we are totally surrounded by distractions and our busy lives tend to promote multitasking.
1:27.4	But it's not just multitasking which can divide our
1:30.1	attention. Approximately 47% of our waking hours are spent zoning out or thinking about other things
1:37.2	unrelated to the present moment or just mind-wandering. While it's natural to have a wandering mind and it can help us be creative and imaginative,
1:47.6	there are times when attention is particularly important. For example, if you're driving or trying to
1:53.9	complete some work or practicing mindfulness or meditation or listening to a loved one talk about
1:59.2	their day. Bringing our focus back to the present moment can really help us do what we need to do
2:05.2	and often do it better than if our minds were wandering.
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