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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

The Power of Being Fully Engaged with Tom Sterner

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We really have a problem with something that is We have so much on our plate and so many things going that we want closure. We want the report done. We want the kids picked up. We want the house cleaned.Whatever it is we want it done because that way we can take it off our plate and we’ll have one last thing we have to contend with. That’s why something like meditation is difficult for people because they feel like “when will I get done with this, when am I good at it?” When you say “it’s just something you do forever, that’s a very difficult concept and it’s an uncomfortable concept until you begin to see the benefits of it. When you begin to see the benefits of it and how it impacts your life and your self power, then that starts to dissolve and you start say “I get this. I want to participate in this forever because I want this ability to continue to expand – Tom Sterner


Tom Sterner is the founder and CEO of the Practicing Mind Institute. As a successful entrepreneur he is considered an expert in Present Moment Functioning. He’s also the author of Fully Engaged: Using the Practicing Mind in Daily Life.


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And we really have a problem with something that is endless.

0:04.0

You know, we want, we have so much on our plate and so many things going on

0:08.0

that we want closure. We want the report done.

0:11.0

We want the kids picked up.

0:12.0

We want, you know, the house cleaned, whatever it is, we want it done

0:15.0

because that way we can take it off our plate and we feel like we'll have one less thing

0:19.0

that we have to contend with.

0:21.0

And I think that's why something like meditation is difficult for people

0:25.9

because they feel like when do I get done with this?

0:28.2

What am I good at this?

0:29.4

And it's this inf- when you say, well, it's just something you do forever that's a very

0:34.0

difficult concept and it's an uncomfortable concept for people until you begin to

0:38.8

see the benefits of it when you begin to see the benefits of it and how it impacts your life and

0:43.4

yourself power then that starts to dissolve and you start to go yeah I

0:47.2

get this I want to participate in this forever because I want this ability to

0:51.1

continue to expand. I'm Sreni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative

0:59.9

podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and

1:04.0

creative minds who started movements, built thriving businesses, written best selling books,

1:08.8

and created insanely interesting art. For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakable Creative.com.

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