In this final part of “getting rid of want” I just want to discuss one final idea to help you deal with cravings. To be honest, I really should have talked about this in the first blog entry of this series when I was discussing Gratitude, but I forgot all about it! So, it is [...] Read more »
Getting Rid of Want 3: Mindfulness
“Poverty is not the absence of goods but rather the overabundance of desire” – Plato Mindfulness is best described by John Kabat-Zinn as “…paying attention in a particular way; On purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” Being mindful of the present moment can reduce habituation and therefore craving. In one study of habituation, 3 [...] Read more »
Getting Rid of Want 2: Apathy
Following on from yesterday, when I talked about developing your gratitude of what you already have to reduce the craving and want for the new and shiny. The next technique was something I have worked on and developed and uses an NLP principle known as “anchoring” (but don’t worry, I am not going to go [...] Read more »
Getting Rid of Want 1: Gratitude
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.” – E. F. Schumacher (Economist, founder and exponent of “Buddhist Economics”) Slowing down is a constant journey of discovery. This blog is as much [...] Read more »