Comments on: How Much Does it Cost When You Pay Attention? http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/ Practical inspiration. For a happier life Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:47:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: WHY http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-6586 WHY Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:57:15 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=3024#comment-6586 WA.It is so wonderful. WA.It is so wonderful.

]]> By: IvánPérez http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-5813 IvánPérez Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:48:39 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=3024#comment-5813 Very interesting thought. Attention is the real currency of the life you are living, value it! .-= IvánPérez´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.ivanperezs.co.cc/n-worries" rel="nofollow">Planting The Seeds Of A Life Free Of Worries</a> =-. Very interesting thought. Attention is the real currency of the life you are living, value it!
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]]> By: Yogesh Malik http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-5801 Yogesh Malik Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:42:25 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=3024#comment-5801 I share your insights, one should never get consumed by the surroundings, rather pay attention to the source, but again no special attention , you need an effortless attention. I share your insights, one should never get consumed by the surroundings, rather pay attention to the source, but again no special attention , you need an effortless attention.

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-5793 Mary Jaksch Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:36:21 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=3024#comment-5793 Hi Kent! Thanks for this lovely article. I have been away in Hawaii for a couple of weeks to attend a meeting of all the Zen teachers in my lineage, Diamond Sanga. And to see my old teacher Robert Aikent, Roshi who is now 92 years old. It was a wonderful experience! Now I'm back home in New Zealand. Later today I'll publish a post that looks at attention from a Zen perspective. I think the two posts will compliment each other! I just want to say to you all how much I value your comments! I think they enrich and deepen Goodlife ZEN. Keep up the good work :-) I'm also deeply grateful for the wonderful guest posts we've enjoyed recently. Sending you all a smile Mary Hi Kent!
Thanks for this lovely article. I have been away in Hawaii for a couple of weeks to attend a meeting of all the Zen teachers in my lineage, Diamond Sanga. And to see my old teacher Robert Aikent, Roshi who is now 92 years old. It was a wonderful experience!

Now I’m back home in New Zealand. Later today I’ll publish a post that looks at attention from a Zen perspective. I think the two posts will compliment each other!

I just want to say to you all how much I value your comments! I think they enrich and deepen Goodlife ZEN. Keep up the good work :-)

I’m also deeply grateful for the wonderful guest posts we’ve enjoyed recently.

Sending you all a smile
Mary

]]> By: Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-5791 Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:36:38 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=3024#comment-5791 Thanks Kent, this is a great reminder. Getting accustomed to silence and withdrawing from information addiction seem so crucial to our peace and focus. Thanks Kent, this is a great reminder. Getting accustomed to silence and withdrawing from information addiction seem so crucial to our peace and focus.

]]> By: Kent @ The Financial Philosopher http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-5790 Kent @ The Financial Philosopher Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:19:02 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=3024#comment-5790 Mary: Thank-you for allowing me to write this guest post! You are quite generous! Cheers... .-= Kent @ The Financial Philosopher´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheFinancialPhilosopher/~3/jDa2hsvoRUA/the-price-of-paying-attention.html" rel="nofollow">The Price of Paying Attention</a> =-. Mary:

Thank-you for allowing me to write this guest post! You are quite generous!

Cheers…
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]]> By: Todd D. http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-5788 Todd D. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:34:00 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=3024#comment-5788 Keep posting articles.Good job! Thanks! Todd D. http://www.jordomedia.com/RSS/l_op=viewrss/lid=75989.html Keep posting articles.Good job!
Thanks!

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]]> By: Todd D. http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-5787 Todd D. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:32:07 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=3024#comment-5787 Thanks for the article it really helped me out. Todd D. http://www.clush.com/Dir/Business/Services/ Thanks for the article it really helped me out.

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]]> By: Kent @ The Financial Philosopher http://goodlifezen.com/2009/07/14/how-much-does-it-cost-t-pay-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-5786 Kent @ The Financial Philosopher Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:02:20 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=3024#comment-5786 Thanks, Janice, for taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment! I imagine your writing it helped clarify your own attention allocation and I am happy to have helped in some small way. I believe the moderation and self-knowledge quote at the end of the post sums up the fact that there is an ideal balance for everything. Without self-knowledge this balance is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve (especially because the "right balance" is unique to the individual). On the subject of bloggers, I believe many write their content in such a way that will attract readers by use of attention-stealing tactics (i.e. using lists), with the ultimate goal of reaching a "Zen Habits-level" of blogging so they can quit their day job. While this is not necessarily "wrong," it can be potentially misleading for both the writer and the readers. This is just a personal opinion but I believe that the greatest success is rarely hyper-intentionally created, but that it is almost an unintended consequence of being honest with oneself and with others. "I tell you that virtue is not given by money but that from virtue comes money." ~ Socrates "I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind -- and to work some of those contradictions out for myself." ~ Michel de Montaigne .-= Kent @ The Financial Philosopher´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheFinancialPhilosopher/~3/jDa2hsvoRUA/the-price-of-paying-attention.html" rel="nofollow">The Price of Paying Attention</a> =-. Thanks, Janice, for taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment! I imagine your writing it helped clarify your own attention allocation and I am happy to have helped in some small way.

I believe the moderation and self-knowledge quote at the end of the post sums up the fact that there is an ideal balance for everything. Without self-knowledge this balance is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve (especially because the “right balance” is unique to the individual).

On the subject of bloggers, I believe many write their content in such a way that will attract readers by use of attention-stealing tactics (i.e. using lists), with the ultimate goal of reaching a “Zen Habits-level” of blogging so they can quit their day job.

While this is not necessarily “wrong,” it can be potentially misleading for both the writer and the readers.

This is just a personal opinion but I believe that the greatest success is rarely hyper-intentionally created, but that it is almost an unintended consequence of being honest with oneself and with others.

“I tell you that virtue is not given by money but that from virtue comes money.” ~ Socrates

“I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind — and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.” ~ Michel de Montaigne
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