Comments on: Why Don’t We Use What We Already Know?

By: Get More Done with Laser Sharp Focus | 10 Zen Ways

Get More Done with Laser Sharp Focus | 10 Zen Ways — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:15:33 +0000

[...] we know that we need to focus, why don’t we use what we already know? If we supposedly know how to change, why don’t we change? If we know what’s wrong, why don’t [...]

By: 10 Ways to Use Laser Sharp Focus to Get More Done | Fitaholic

10 Ways to Use Laser Sharp Focus to Get More Done | Fitaholic — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:14:34 +0000

[...] we know that we need to focus, why don’t we use what we already know? If we supposedly know how to change, why don’t we change? If we know what’s wrong, why don’t [...]

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:31:25 +0000

Very important topic is discussed to article. people try to learn and learn. learning is not bad but i believe in action, i mean application. i think we learn a lot and do not apply. i think after a certain stage of learning we should start applying the things we know naturally. that will work. because when you have to fight real or powerful enemy that time what you have learned will be less effective than what you naturally know.

Curts last blog post..Today was a Tough Day

By: My Get Things Done List » Blog Archive » 10 Ways to Use Laser Sharp Focus to Get More Done [Zen Habits]

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:03:33 +0000

[...] we know that we need to focus, why don’t we use what we already know? If we supposedly know how to change, why don’t we change? If we know what’s wrong, why [...]

By: 10 Ways to Use Laser Sharp Focus to Get More Done | Zen Habits

10 Ways to Use Laser Sharp Focus to Get More Done | Zen Habits — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:48:13 +0000

[...] we know that we need to focus, why don’t we use what we already know? If we supposedly know how to change, why don’t we change? If we know what’s wrong, why [...]

By: michaelkpoh

michaelkpoh — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:36:01 +0000

Tom,

Great post and timely question; there are no easy answers to this issue.

I think that long abiding negativity and associated behavior patterns exercise so strong an influence that they erase the positive thoughts and or influences we might have.

Remember the Parable of the Sower – the seeds not planted in deep soil; new habits not firmly embedded in consciousness – and the reference to the demons exorcised from a man who would wander around for a while and then return to find their former place of abode clean and unoccupied; i.e. not filled with positive thoughts.

Both of these Biblical stories point to the importance of deeply absorbing the principles of Mindset Optimization. If these principles are deeply held and beleived in, they become second nature and will not easily evaporate in the face of some trheatening danger.

If one is well-grounded in, and has absorbed Mindset Optimization principles they have learnt, they will not fall back into old thought-behavior patterns or crumble at the first sign of trouble

michaelkpohs last blog post..Lazarus “Law of noise’

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:08:00 +0000

Actually, I’d probably say diminished capacity rather than bandwidth because we don’t slow down, but we continue taking in more and more information, plus some things become more important and need more of our brain power than other things. So, we compartmentalize just a bit more, because we still need and want to remember some of that old stuff.

But it ain’t easy!

Mitchs last blog post..Johnny The Bagger

By: Tom Volkar

Tom Volkar — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:49:52 +0000

Hey Mitch – welcome! So you think it’s a matter of diminishing bandwidth huh? I’m sure that’s a factor that lessens our recall ability. You’re right about that. Any gift that remains unused for too long is not as functional as one that we use frequently.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:15:05 +0000

Truthfully, I think we’ve learned it, but we’ve also learned so many other things that we just can’t remember everything when we’re confronted with a situation unless it’s something we do each time. For instance, until I turned 28, I remembered every single phone number I’d ever heard in my entire life. Then I got into management, and suddenly, because I had other things to think about on a consistent basis, I lost this ability. Doesn’t mean I never knew it, but my abilities had to change and my focus had to change and, unfortunately, I lost that particular gift.

Mitchs last blog post..Solving Rubik’s Cube

By: kek

kek — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:30:53 +0000

thanks!!!!!!!!