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In this article, we’ll review mindlessness from a few different theoretical perspectives. We’ll also talk a little about the opposite of mindlessness, mindfulness. We’ll review some common examples of mindlessness and we’ll talk about how you can become less mindless and more mindful in your own life.
21 de feb. de 2024 · Examples of mindlessness are: Rushing somewhere without paying attention to the environment around you. Reading and having to go back and read the last page again. Being half present in a conversation while scrolling through your smartphone. Arriving home and realizing you don’t remember any details about your commute.
People also become mindless when they hear or read something and accept it without questioning it. Most of what people know about the world or themselves they have mindlessly learned in this way. One example of mindlessness is described in the book The Power of Mindful Learning.
Examples of Mindlessness. You rush into a meeting frazzled that you’re late because a colleague stopped you in the hall to inform you about a problem with a client. You ruminate about how to address the issue with the client. You’re annoyed and find the presenter long-winded and wish she would hurry up because you know all this stuff and ...
29 de may. de 2014 · Today, with social psychologist Ellen Langer, who some have dubbed “the mother of mindfulness.”. She was a pioneer in the science of revealing immediate life benefits of mindfulness, which she describes as “the simple act of actively noticing things” — achieved without meditation.
4 de abr. de 2016 · Here are just some examples of this puzzling “escalating mindlessness” phenomenon: More than 3,000 people were killed and close to half a million people were injured in accidents caused by...
11 de dic. de 2023 · Key points. Mindlessness is being on autopilot or without conscious awareness of what you are doing. Mindfulness is associated with better mental health. One can cultivate mindfulness through...
