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Watch eight rowers moving as a single organism. Not cooperating. Not coordinating. Actually synchronised, breath, movement, attention pulsing together in the same rhythm. That’s not metaphor. That’s a measurable neurological state. The same thing happens in a choir when it...
Paris Hilton is not famous because she is talented. Kate Moss is not paid because she is the best model who ever lived. Victoria Beckham did not build a fashion empire on singing ability. What they share, what every celebrity,...
A good mother doesn’t just feed the baby, clothe the baby, keep the baby safe. She keeps the baby at the centre of her attention. The baby knows the difference. Not intellectually. In their nervous system. A good teacher doesn’t...
Freddie Mercury used to describe it as electricity. A current moving through his body the moment the crowd connected with him.Not metaphorically.Physically.Shivers of energy running through him while he performed. Every major performer says some version of this.The stadium gives...
Nobody talks about attention as a desire. We talk about money. Power. Status. But watch what people actually want. The crowd of people waiting for auditions at X Factor. The ocean of children attending Saturday theatre school, dreaming of being...
Attention is not just concentration. Your attention determines how you behave, how you relate to people and how you experience your life. Attention can be described as a flow of energy that can be narrow or widely open in all...
She was in her early fifties.Busy.Capable.Respected at work. Her days were full,emails, meetings, decisions,responsibility that never quite switched off. By late afternoon,something in her would tighten.Not hunger.Something else. On the drive home,she would already be thinking about it the salty...