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This technique is often helpful to disrupt cognitive processes like worrying, ruminating, obsessing. Step 1 is to name the process (e.g., “Here’s worrying”). Sometimes that is enough to unhook you. But if it doesn’t, step 2 is to drop anchor, which pulls you out of your head and helps you refocus on what you’re doing.
The Happiness Trap
Harris, Russ
We may be powerless to alter certain events, but we remain free to choose our attitude towards them, and it is in our spontaneous acceptance of necessity that we find our distinctive freedom.
The Consolations of Philosophy
Alain De Botton
Diabelli was a composer and publisher who invited 51 composers to contribute one variation each on a waltz theme he wrote. The list includes Schubert, the 11-year-old Franz Liszt, Mozart’s son — and Beethoven. Everybody but Beethoven did exactly what Diabelli asked: they wrote one variation. Beethoven wrote 33.
What Can Musical Variations Teach Us About Creativity?
nytimes.com
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