Making Good Habits Irresistible, Day 5 of Single-Tasking For Peace + Clarity
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
"Your brain has far more neural circuitry allocated for wanting rewards than for liking them."
~ James Clear, "Atomic Habits"
One of the single most detrimental habits is multi-tasking. Research shows that it actually harms your mind, relationships, productivity, and your life in general. This week, you'll be guided as you single-task, focusing on that *One Thing*. Get ready to amp your productivity! We'll be following along with the book, "Atomic Habits," by James Clear.
This is day 5 of a 7-day meditation series, Single-Tasking For Peace + Clarity, episodes 2369-2375.
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This week, focus on *One Thing* that you want to accomplish. Let go of distractions and allow yourself to slow down to focus on this *One Thing*.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 2373 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Mary Mechley and welcome back to our series we're exploring this week. |
| 0:16.0 | You've been guided using meditation techniques to help you single-task the opposite of multi-tasking |
| 0:26.0 | and we've been following along with the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. |
| 0:33.0 | You've also had the challenge this week to every day focus on that one thing, one thing only. |
| 0:44.0 | You're focusing on all week long and as you start your day and as you end your day, |
| 0:52.0 | bring to mind that one thing and even if you get distracted throughout your day |
| 0:59.0 | when things come up unexpectedly and you feel as though your time and attention are stolen away. |
| 1:08.0 | The beauty of focusing on that one thing is that you're able to do certain things throughout your day |
| 1:19.0 | to attune you to that one thing. |
| 1:23.0 | So even if you get busy unexpectedly doing something else, |
| 1:28.0 | you can do small things incrementally they add up to create massive change. |
| 1:38.0 | And as you've explored throughout this series in his book, |
| 1:43.0 | James Clear talks about how instead of having a goal, create systems for yourself, |
| 1:53.0 | create systems to achieve what it is you want, you're a one thing. |
| 2:01.0 | People all want a lot of the same things but not everyone achieves what they want. |
| 2:10.0 | The difference is creating systems for yourself. |
| 2:15.0 | That way even if you find that you have to focus on something else, |
| 2:22.0 | you can still get back on track because of the systems you've created. |
| 2:27.0 | You can also create boundaries for yourself so that you don't allow certain interferences |
| 2:36.0 | to prevent you from that single focus on your one thing. |
| 2:43.0 | Today, you're going to be guided in a meditation to tap into your inner truth as you focus on your one thing. |
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