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Grandma’s Rules

• Posted by Theresa on July 6th, 2006 filed in Book Review, Believe It or Not, Goal-Free Living

Warren Buffet’s granddaughter, Nicole, sat for an interview with NPR where she said that her grandmother gave all the children and grandchildren a list of rules to live by. They are simple yet profound. I’ve put the rules in bold with my comments afterwards.

I am reminded of something I read on Stephen Shapiro’s blog:

I am fascinated by the mind’s incredible power. And this power sometimes causes you miss things that are right in front of your nose.

In the secret, “Remember that Opportunity Knocks Often, Just Sometimes Softly,” I talk about how the brain filters 99.9% of the stimuli around you. This is important because it allows you to focus.

However, what you focus on expands, to the exclusion of all else. You see what you “want” to see, but miss everything else.

I’m not discounting the possibility of people with psychic abilities. However, this article provides compelling evidence that our minds can be easily manipulated. People see what they want to see, and miss everything else.

When you are blindly focused on your future goals, you often miss opportunities that are around you. You are unwittingly blinded and unknowingly misdirected.

When you are “present and conscious” of your immediate surroundings, you may find bigger and better opportunities.

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