For having such a wise father, I was surprisingly bad at embracing his wisdom. I remember getting dinner with Dad the summer after graduating from college. I was finally old enough to order a beer, but still naïve enough to think I could write an entire book while applying to graduate school.
Mindfulness is evidently good for almost everything. It seems to improve our health, relationships, happiness, ability to think clearly, and dozens of other things that matter in our lives. How is this possible?
These days most people recommend improving your life by focusing on just one small habit at a time. So after you've popped that multi-vitamin, what are you going to do with the other 23h59m of your day?
When I was in high school, I read an article in a men’s magazine on how to most effectively compliment a woman. The advice was simple: tell her she is better than other people she knows. It was brilliant and terrible advice.
