

#102 Turn your chair around: beginner’s mind and the power of perspective in hoarding
Jul 28, 2023
42:56
In today's episode, we're exploring the power of turning your chair round and embracing different perspectives.
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- Imagining advice from different perspectives
- Gaining new insights and advice
- Showing compassion towards yourself
- Questioning how things are done
- Exploring different ways to frame situations
- Beginner's Mind from Zen Buddhism:
- Dropping expectations and preconceived ideas
- Stepping out of comfort zone
- Initial discomfort leading to eventual comfort
- Trying new things can be scary but rewarding
- Questioning and reevaluating rules:
- Determining if rules are still useful and relevant
- Challenging yourself to break established patterns
- Confirmation bias: Seeking information that aligns with existing beliefs
- Perfectionism in organizing possessions:
- Energizing and motivating the organising process
- Believing in different possibilities
- Challenging the belief that things have to be a certain way forever
- Exploring new ways of thinking and doing things
- Challenging fears:
- Proving fears are not necessarily true
- Gentle self-reflection:
- Encouraging personal growth and understanding
- Turning the chair around
- Seeing possibilities and solutions with a fresh outlook
- Practicing beginner's mind and mindfulness
- Looking for something unrelated to existing interests
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