Kartik Cordeiro

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How to be intentional

1. Attention How does one live an intentional life? According to the Buddha, being intentional starts with focused attention on yourself. 2. Distraction One of the major obstacles to living an intentional life is distractions. In the new book Beyond Distraction, author Shaila Catherine explains: Thinking is certainly useful, but the untrained mind may tend toward repeating distressing patterns. 3. Being a Self “Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think and do is for yourself — and there isn’t one,” suggests Chris Niebauer (author of No Self, No Problem).