Never. The truth will set you free! The Western mind is always restless, never content with the moment. This book is an exception because it is full of fresh and creative ways of thinking about achievement and in a quirky way may even serve to provide you with fresh motivation to pursue goals you may have abandoned in the past, Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2015. Unfortunately, in our current environment, there is far too much to read and not enough time. it's a very good book to remind you of two important facts, Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2016. This book is an eye-opener for me. What a phenomenal thinker and speaker. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. This is nonsense. It has been acknowledged for centuries as the cornerstone of spiritual awakening in all traditions of Eastern thought.

... After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Sound simple? You’d think that with, well, everything this year has had in store for us, readers would flock to sweet stories with happy endings. My notes are informal and often contain quotes from the book as well as my own thoughts.

. Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2019. Sometimes we miss the joy and beauty inherent in the process of pursuing a target, and instead fixate on the target itself. Amazing book! What the author shares is not new information, but he makes that clear right from the start. good coverage, but based on personal experiences, not research, Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2015, Mastery of the practicing mind, Thomas Sterner has gifts to share, Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015. It feels like a rotten thing to say but it is true.

It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. By the way I read in an article that Itzhak Perlman, the great violinist signs his autograph: "Itzhak Perlman, Practice Slowly. process is more important than product, and staying in the present yields great results, and i know that these things are absolutely true! I can't understand all the 5 star reviews.

As the author put - most of us spend very little time in the present moment. Thomas's was one in a line of many books I had recently devoured all pointing to the same truth of present moment awareness being the absolute infinite source, the ego dissolving and integrating with, or connecting to reality. good coverage, but based on personal experiences, not research, Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2015, Mastery of the practicing mind, Thomas Sterner has gifts to share, Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015.

I did like this book as a whole, but there were a few key concepts that were pushed by Sterner that I felt were up for debate. As such, convincing the reader of the validity and repeatability of the contents depends on the author’s ability to persuade –which is accomplished at times – rather than through its successful use in real world applications across a variety of situations. This page works best with JavaScript.

“Progress is a natural result of staying focused on the process of doing anything.”, “Everything in life worth achieving requires practice.

I say liberating because because Sterner advises using a detached, non-judgemental approach to practice feedback which, paradoxically perhaps, makes it easier to keep yourself happily immersed in the practice process. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Of course he says that focusing on getting "there" is not the point. I have read 100's of books on this subject in the last 30 years and seldom find really new ideas. And that real peace and contentment in our lives come from realizing that life is a process to engage in, a journey down a path that we can choose to experience. March 6th 2006

And even then, many people don't learned these lessons. (I'm a musician, and I use his approach all there time. In the last paragraph of the book, the author writes about "eternal lessons" that have been learned and unlearned throughout the centuries. Again, nonsense. Basically with deliberate and repeated effort, progress is inevitable. To see what your friends thought of this book, The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life. The whole premise of this book is to tear down this idealistic sense of "perfect", of avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of energy towards worrying and stress, but then, as I've read in other books like this, the author makes a statement (unknowingly or knowingly) in which he perpetuates the very standards he has set himself in opposition of; Sterner uses the very "product, not process" argument that he has set himself against in his own favor, explicitly stating, "...we must take on this challenge if we are to achieve any real happiness..." (134) as if our current mindsets result in happiness that is somehow "not real"—it belittles and devalues what we currently have, turning us towards a goal with an award that includes "real happiness". 1) Focus; 2) Go slowly; 3) stay calm. But, either way, my perspective hasn't changed. Thomas M. Sterner wasn’t kidding when he said: I absolutely loved this book.

Choose them wisely.”. Welcome back. Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2018. Sound simple? He acts as though everyone can be a concert pianist or PGA golfer. But individuals raised in Western culture are becoming increasingly more aware of their overall sense of mental exhaustion, their lack of discipline and their inability to focus on demand. This is the purpose of The Practicing Mind. I agree with certain aspects of this book, like the need to become more focussed on the process, but i don't agree on all this talk about Eastern Psychology/Philosophy (which seems to be the latest trend on which to make money), first of all being in the PRESENT, is so vague,we can't be completely in the present and that is a good thing, but i think that rather than being in the PRESENT it's good to specify "Be as close to the present as possible", This book contains mostly personal observations and experiences rather than a multi-subject research study, thus is akin to personal advice solely from the author’s perspective. They do not get "there", they do not get to the finish line because that kind of talent is super rare. Perhaps I expect too much, but when I read a non-fiction self-help book like this I expect the author to describe the problem to be solved, a hypothesis of how to solve the problem, supporting evidence, summary, conclusion. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. A must have in your self improvement collection, Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2014.

If you can get past the author’s intellectual elitism (“I don’t watch TV because there’s nothing interesting on” and “I was mostly an A student”) and contradictory statements (“I was watching a TV show about snakes” and “I got a D in math”), then you might find is wide sweeping generalizations amusing. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. etc. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

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