A short motivational monologue by Blair Singer advocating daily practice of presence/meditation as the simplest and most powerful personal-development habit. He frames the mind as both the greatest tool and potential enemy, and recommends brief, regular presence practice (eyes closed or one-on-one with eyes open) to quiet thought and then intentionally 'fill' the mind with meaningful goals.
Remember when we all learned that your mind was the most powerful tool you had? Well, what if I told you is also could be your greatest enemy? That's right. Your greatest enemy. Have you ever thought that you thought too much? Okay, so here's the solution. The number one personal development piece of work that you can do on yourself every day takes almost no time. You don't have to go to the ends of the earth, spend thousands of dollars to do this. All you got to do is sit down, close your eyes if you're by yourself, and. And just be present. Present. Now, some people call that meditation. If you do it with somebody else, just one on one with your eyes open, that's just presence. Allow your mind to empty. You'll hear, it'll go like crazy for days. Why am I doing this? But over time, just focus on being present. Let that stuff go through and allow it to empty. Because, see, if you allow it to empty, then you can start filling it up with what you want during the day and with things that are more meaningful in your life to make more progr.