You Are Not So Smart

061 - Mindfulness - Michael Taft

Oct 22, 2015
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ANECDOTE

Taft's Journey to Meditation

  • Michael Taft's interest in meditation stemmed from severe anxiety during high school.
  • Finding little support, he explored meditation through books, which proved helpful and sparked a lifelong interest.
INSIGHT

Meditation as a Suite of Practices

  • Meditation is not a single practice, but a suite of techniques with targeted benefits.
  • It exposes implicit unconscious processes to conscious awareness, like cognitive biases.
INSIGHT

Embodied Emotions and Decisions

  • Emotions are embodied experiences, physical feelings in the body, crucial for decision-making.
  • Meditating on body sensations of emotions reveals hidden emotional flavors influencing choices.
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