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CAPTURING YOUR THOUGHTS
The shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory.
—OLD PROVERB
“Apenny for your thoughts,” a friend said the other day. Imagine if you were paid a penny for every thought you had in a day. That would add up to a handsome sum of money by the end of the year. Our thoughts are elusive. Their visits to our consciousness can be very brief. They come from out of nowhere and then retreat quickly. Most of our thoughts are fleeting and inconsequential, but some can have great consequence and are worth noting. The trick is to capture the thoughts that are noteworthy. This chapter introduces a practice that is central to your ability to have more time for you. It will allow you to “download” the thoughts that you want to ...
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