Comments on: Interpersonal Skills: The Simple Act of Noticing http://www.expressyourselftosuccess.com/the-simple-act-of-noticing/ Your one-stop e-source with information and techniques on interpersonal and social skills, public speaking, networking, negotiation and conflict resolution. Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Patrick Mathieu http://www.expressyourselftosuccess.com/the-simple-act-of-noticing/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Patrick Mathieu Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:25:44 +0000 http://www.expressyourselftosuccess.com/the-simple-act-of-noticing#comment-90 Thanks for sharing this video! Human beings are, by nature, "deletion creatures". There is *so much* information constantly coming at us, that we would be paralyzed with inaction if we were consciously aware of everything that our five senses take in at a given moment. Therefore, we "delete" anything that doesn't fit in with our consciously selected objectives. Otherwise walking down a busy city street at lunchtime would cause our brains to simply overload from trying to process all of the sights, sounds, smells, sensations and (where applicable) tastes. I found Goleman's story about the Good Samaritan very telling. It really depends on your focus at the time. The trick is to realize that we have full control over what we choose to be focused on at any given moment. (i.e.: your BlackBerry or the person with whom you are having lunch) To close, I can't resist linking to this fascinating video about an experiment in perception, focus and awareness! <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2pK0BQ9CUHk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2pK0BQ9CUHk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> ~~~~~~~ <I>WOW - Fantastic video, Patrick! Thank you so much for including it. And no, I wasn't 'aware'... PS. I hope you don't mind, but I embedded the video instead of using the link. :)</i> Thanks for sharing this video!

Human beings are, by nature, “deletion creatures”. There is *so much* information constantly coming at us, that we would be paralyzed with inaction if we were consciously aware of everything that our five senses take in at a given moment. Therefore, we “delete” anything that doesn’t fit in with our consciously selected objectives. Otherwise walking down a busy city street at lunchtime would cause our brains to simply overload from trying to process all of the sights, sounds, smells, sensations and (where applicable) tastes.

I found Goleman’s story about the Good Samaritan very telling. It really depends on your focus at the time. The trick is to realize that we have full control over what we choose to be focused on at any given moment. (i.e.: your BlackBerry or the person with whom you are having lunch)

To close, I can’t resist linking to this fascinating video about an experiment in perception, focus and awareness!

~~~~~~~

WOW – Fantastic video, Patrick! Thank you so much for including it. And no, I wasn’t ‘aware’…

PS. I hope you don’t mind, but I embedded the video instead of using the link. :)

]]> By: Avani-Mehta http://www.expressyourselftosuccess.com/the-simple-act-of-noticing/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Avani-Mehta Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:11:10 +0000 http://www.expressyourselftosuccess.com/the-simple-act-of-noticing#comment-89 Reminds me of a great quote from Dalai Lama - If you want others to be happy, practice compassion; if you want to be happy, practice compassion :) <I>It </i>is<I> a great quote, Avani - and one I won't forget!</i> Reminds me of a great quote from Dalai Lama – If you want others to be happy, practice compassion; if you want to be happy, practice compassion :)

It is a great quote, Avani – and one I won’t forget!

]]>