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🔍 Observation Practice

Guides to cultivating a disciplined habit of noticing — mindfulness exercises, journaling prompts, and techniques for deepening one's engagement with the present moment.
Becoming Sherlock
by Stefan Cain • 2015
Multitasking costs 40% of your focus: reclaim it with trained observation and deduction.
3.44
166
🧠 Observation Training🏛️ Memory Techniques🎯 Attention Management
Becoming Sherlock Summary
Becoming Sherlock 90%
Multitasking costs 40% of your focus: reclaim it with trained observation and deduction.
by Stefan Cain 2015
3.44
166 ratings
🧠 Observation Training🏛️ Memory Techniques🎯 Attention Management
How To Think Like Sherlock
by Daniel Smith • 2012
Most people look. Holmes noticed. Practical exercises that train your brain to do the same.
3.07
2k+
🧠 Analytical Thinking👁️ Observation Skills🔍 Deductive Reasoning
How To Think Like Sherlock Summary
How To Think Like Sherlock 89%
Most people look. Holmes noticed. Practical exercises that train your brain to do the same.
by Daniel Smith 2012
3.07
2k+ ratings
🧠 Analytical Thinking👁️ Observation Skills🔍 Deductive Reasoning
The Art of Noticing
by Rob Walker • 2019
The cure for autopilot: 131 exercises that train your eye and fill your creative well.
3.77
3k+
🎨 Creative Practice🔍 Attention Design👀 Everyday Observation
The Art of Noticing Summary
The Art of Noticing 88%
The cure for autopilot: 131 exercises that train your eye and fill your creative well.
by Rob Walker 2019
3.77
3k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice🔍 Attention Design👀 Everyday Observation
Mastermind
by Maria Konnikova • 2013
Learn to think like Sherlock Holmes: a psychologist's method for sharper observation and reasoning.
3.55
9k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Deductive Reasoning🗺️ Mental Models
Mastermind Summary
Mastermind 88%
Learn to think like Sherlock Holmes: a psychologist's method for sharper observation and reasoning.
by Maria Konnikova 2013
3.55
9k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Deductive Reasoning🗺️ Mental Models
On Looking
by Alexandra Horowitz • 2013
The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.
3.51
5k+
👁️ Sensory Perception🌿 Nature Writing🔍 Everyday Observation
On Looking Summary
On Looking 88%
The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.
by Alexandra Horowitz 2013
3.51
5k+ ratings
👁️ Sensory Perception🌿 Nature Writing🔍 Everyday Observation
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes
by David Acord • 2011
Observation beats intelligence. Nine Holmes-tested habits for seeing what everyone else misses.
3.58
179
📚 Literary Self-Help👁️ Observational Skills🧩 Deductive Reasoning
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes Summary
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes 87%
Observation beats intelligence. Nine Holmes-tested habits for seeing what everyone else misses.
by David Acord 2011
3.58
179 ratings
📚 Literary Self-Help👁️ Observational Skills🧩 Deductive Reasoning
The Practicing Mind
by Thomas M. Sterner • 2006
Frustration is a focus problem. The answer: act, observe, adjust, repeat. No drama required.
3.96
9k+
🏃 Process Orientation🎯 Deliberate Practice🧘 Present Awareness
The Practicing Mind Summary
The Practicing Mind 87%
Frustration is a focus problem. The answer: act, observe, adjust, repeat. No drama required.
by Thomas M. Sterner 2006
3.96
9k+ ratings
🏃 Process Orientation🎯 Deliberate Practice🧘 Present Awareness
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
by Nyanaponika Thera • 1962
The Buddha's map from ordinary attention to the end of suffering: no belief, just watch.
4.18
373
🧘 Insight Meditation🛕 Theravada Buddhism🧠 Buddhist Psychology
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation Summary
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation 87%
The Buddha's map from ordinary attention to the end of suffering: no belief, just watch.
by Nyanaponika Thera 1962
4.18
373 ratings
🧘 Insight Meditation🛕 Theravada Buddhism🧠 Buddhist Psychology
Left of Bang
by Patrick Van Horne • 2014
Six ways to read behavior, one baseline trick, and the three-anomaly rule that triggers action.
3.98
3k+
🧭 Situational Awareness🛡️ Personal Safety🕵️ Behavioral Profiling
Left of Bang Summary
Left of Bang 87%
Six ways to read behavior, one baseline trick, and the three-anomaly rule that triggers action.
by Patrick Van Horne 2014
3.98
3k+ ratings
🧭 Situational Awareness🛡️ Personal Safety🕵️ Behavioral Profiling
The Woodpecker Method
by Axel Smith • 2018
A puzzle set you repeat faster and faster until your subconscious does the calculating for you.
4.32
128
🧩 Tactical Puzzles📋 Chess Training🎯 Deliberate Practice
The Woodpecker Method Summary
The Woodpecker Method 87%
A puzzle set you repeat faster and faster until your subconscious does the calculating for you.
by Axel Smith 2018
4.32
128 ratings
🧩 Tactical Puzzles📋 Chess Training🎯 Deliberate Practice
The Reality of Being
by Jeanne de Salzmann • 2010
You are asleep, your self an illusion. The practice of observing from within that undoes both.
4.35
299
🕯️ Esoteric Traditions👁️ Self-Observation🔍 Attention And Awareness
The Reality of Being Summary
The Reality of Being 87%
You are asleep, your self an illusion. The practice of observing from within that undoes both.
by Jeanne de Salzmann 2010
4.35
299 ratings
🕯️ Esoteric Traditions👁️ Self-Observation🔍 Attention And Awareness
Zen Guitar
by Philip Toshio Sudo • 1997
Your guitar is a dojo: Zen wisdom that transforms practice into a spiritual discipline.
4.03
3k+
🧘 Beginner'S Mind🎨 Zen Arts🎸 Creative Practice
Zen Guitar Summary
Zen Guitar 87%
Your guitar is a dojo: Zen wisdom that transforms practice into a spiritual discipline.
by Philip Toshio Sudo 1997
4.03
3k+ ratings
🧘 Beginner'S Mind🎨 Zen Arts🎸 Creative Practice
The Visual Story
by Bruce Block • 2021
How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.
4.67
3
🎬 Visual Storytelling📽️ Cinematography🎥 Film Craft
The Visual Story Summary
The Visual Story 87%
How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.
by Bruce Block 2021
4.67
3 ratings
🎬 Visual Storytelling📽️ Cinematography🎥 Film Craft
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
by Betty Edwards • 1979
Talent is a myth. Learn the five seeing skills that unlock drawing for anyone.
3.87
382k+
✏️ Drawing Fundamentals👁️ Visual Perception🧠 Brain Hemispheres
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Summary
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain 86%
Talent is a myth. Learn the five seeing skills that unlock drawing for anyone.
by Betty Edwards 1979
3.87
382k+ ratings
✏️ Drawing Fundamentals👁️ Visual Perception🧠 Brain Hemispheres
On Becoming an Artist
by Ellen J. Langer • 2005
You don't need talent to make art. You need permission to begin badly.
3.75
363
🎨 Art And Mindfulness🚧 Creative Blocks👁️ Learning To See
On Becoming an Artist Summary
On Becoming an Artist 86%
You don't need talent to make art. You need permission to begin badly.
by Ellen J. Langer 2005
3.75
363 ratings
🎨 Art And Mindfulness🚧 Creative Blocks👁️ Learning To See
The Practice of Not Thinking
by Ryūnosuke Koike • 2013
Constant mental chatter is the enemy. Your senses are how you fight back. A Zen guide.
3.37
3k+
🧘 Buddhist Practice🌿 Mindful Living👁️ Sensory Awareness
The Practice of Not Thinking Summary
The Practice of Not Thinking 86%
Constant mental chatter is the enemy. Your senses are how you fight back. A Zen guide.
by Ryūnosuke Koike 2013
3.37
3k+ ratings
🧘 Buddhist Practice🌿 Mindful Living👁️ Sensory Awareness
The Art of Seeing
by Aldous Huxley • 1942
Your glasses are crutches. How a near-blind writer retrained his eyes and mind to see clearly.
3.64
641
🩺 Holistic Eye Care👁️ Vision Therapy🧠 Mind-Body Connection
The Art of Seeing Summary
The Art of Seeing 86%
Your glasses are crutches. How a near-blind writer retrained his eyes and mind to see clearly.
by Aldous Huxley 1942
3.64
641 ratings
🩺 Holistic Eye Care👁️ Vision Therapy🧠 Mind-Body Connection
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
by Peter Bevelin • 2013
The observation and reasoning tools Holmes used to solve impossible crimes, for everyday thinking.
3.63
541
🧠 Critical Thinking🎭 Cognitive Biases🧱 Mental Models
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes Summary
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes 86%
The observation and reasoning tools Holmes used to solve impossible crimes, for everyday thinking.
by Peter Bevelin 2013
3.63
541 ratings
🧠 Critical Thinking🎭 Cognitive Biases🧱 Mental Models
Speed Reading
by Nathan Armstrong • 2015
Three times more pages, same comprehension: the eye drills and daily half-hour that get you there.
3.5
765
🏃 Speed Reading📖 Reading Skills🧠 Cognitive Training
Speed Reading Summary
Speed Reading 86%
Three times more pages, same comprehension: the eye drills and daily half-hour that get you there.
by Nathan Armstrong 2015
3.5
765 ratings
🏃 Speed Reading📖 Reading Skills🧠 Cognitive Training
Think Like Sherlock
by Peter Hollins • 2018
Sleepiness, constraints, and shifting perspective: the unconventional route to sharper thinking.
3.70
178
🧩 Creative Problem-Solving🔀 Lateral Thinking🧠 Critical Thinking
Think Like Sherlock Summary
Think Like Sherlock 86%
Sleepiness, constraints, and shifting perspective: the unconventional route to sharper thinking.
by Peter Hollins 2018
3.70
178 ratings
🧩 Creative Problem-Solving🔀 Lateral Thinking🧠 Critical Thinking
Practice Perfect
by Doug Lemov • 2012
Your practice is probably locking in your errors. The rules for making every repetition count.
3.81
2k+
🎯 Deliberate Practice✏️ Practice Design🛠️ Skill Acquisition
Practice Perfect Summary
Practice Perfect 86%
Your practice is probably locking in your errors. The rules for making every repetition count.
by Doug Lemov 2012
3.81
2k+ ratings
🎯 Deliberate Practice✏️ Practice Design🛠️ Skill Acquisition
Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide
by Gil Friedman • 2003
Lost keys reveal the automatic patterns that run you. A beginner's guide to waking up.
3.94
208
🧘 Esoteric Psychology🔍 Self-Observation🏗️ Inner Work
Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide Summary
Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide 86%
Lost keys reveal the automatic patterns that run you. A beginner's guide to waking up.
by Gil Friedman 2003
3.94
208 ratings
🧘 Esoteric Psychology🔍 Self-Observation🏗️ Inner Work
The Process of Learning
by Jack Tenen • 2011
Real learning requires confusion, not goals. A movement teacher's guide to letting the body lead.
5.00
1
🧠 Somatic Education🧘 Mind-Body Integration🤸 Feldenkrais Method
The Process of Learning Summary
The Process of Learning 86%
Real learning requires confusion, not goals. A movement teacher's guide to letting the body lead.
by Jack Tenen 2011
5.00
1 ratings
🧠 Somatic Education🧘 Mind-Body Integration🤸 Feldenkrais Method
Visual Intelligence
by Amy E. Herman • 2016
Art-based exercises that train your eye to see what everyone else misses, used by the FBI.
4.10
3k+
🔍 Perception Training🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perspective-Taking
Visual Intelligence Summary
Visual Intelligence 86%
Art-based exercises that train your eye to see what everyone else misses, used by the FBI.
by Amy E. Herman 2016
4.10
3k+ ratings
🔍 Perception Training🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perspective-Taking
How to Think Like da Vinci
by Daniel Smith • 2015
Da Vinci's genius was a set of habits you can learn. It starts with how you see.
3.58
244
🏛️ Renaissance Thought🎨 Creative Mastery🔗 Interdisciplinary Thinking
How to Think Like da Vinci Summary
How to Think Like da Vinci 86%
Da Vinci's genius was a set of habits you can learn. It starts with how you see.
by Daniel Smith 2015
3.58
244 ratings
🏛️ Renaissance Thought🎨 Creative Mastery🔗 Interdisciplinary Thinking
Smarter
by Dan Hurley • 2013
IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.
3.49
806
🧠 Brain Training🚀 Cognitive Enhancement🔄 Neuroplasticity
Smarter Summary
Smarter 86%
IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.
by Dan Hurley 2013
3.49
806 ratings
🧠 Brain Training🚀 Cognitive Enhancement🔄 Neuroplasticity
focus
by Daniel Golman • 2014
Three kinds of focus shape your life. Most people master one and neglect the other two.
4.00
2
🎯 Attention Training🧠 Emotional Intelligence🏋️ Deliberate Practice
focus Summary
focus 86%
Three kinds of focus shape your life. Most people master one and neglect the other two.
by Daniel Golman 2014
4.00
2 ratings
🎯 Attention Training🧠 Emotional Intelligence🏋️ Deliberate Practice
The Art Spirit
by Robert Henri • 1929
Art isn't a specialist's skill: it's a way of being. Henri's 1929 manifesto still startles.
3.87
27k+
🏙️ Ashcan School🎨 American Realism🖌️ Studio Practice
The Art Spirit Summary
The Art Spirit 86%
Art isn't a specialist's skill: it's a way of being. Henri's 1929 manifesto still startles.
by Robert Henri 1929
3.87
27k+ ratings
🏙️ Ashcan School🎨 American Realism🖌️ Studio Practice
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am'
by G.I. Gurdjieff • 1975
You are probably not yet real. Here is what becoming a genuine human being demands.
4.10
735
🧠 Esoteric Psychology🛤️ Fourth Way👁️ Self-Observation
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' Summary
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' 86%
You are probably not yet real. Here is what becoming a genuine human being demands.
by G.I. Gurdjieff 1975
4.10
735 ratings
🧠 Esoteric Psychology🛤️ Fourth Way👁️ Self-Observation
Penguin Celebrations - The Science of Everyday Life
by Jay Ingram • 1989
What walking, blinking, and bees reveal about physics, evolution, and your own brain.
3.76
230
📚 Popular Science🔬 Everyday Physics🧐 Curiosity Essays
Penguin Celebrations - The Science of Everyday Life Summary
Penguin Celebrations - The Science of Everyday Life 86%
What walking, blinking, and bees reveal about physics, evolution, and your own brain.
by Jay Ingram 1989
3.76
230 ratings
📚 Popular Science🔬 Everyday Physics🧐 Curiosity Essays
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
by Bobby Fischer • 1966
Fischer's chess primer skips openings entirely, drilling nothing but the patterns that finish games.
4.02
7k+
🆕 Beginner Chess⚔️ Chess Tactics♟️ Checkmate Patterns
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess Summary
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess 86%
Fischer's chess primer skips openings entirely, drilling nothing but the patterns that finish games.
by Bobby Fischer 1966
4.02
7k+ ratings
🆕 Beginner Chess⚔️ Chess Tactics♟️ Checkmate Patterns
The Listening Path
by Julia Cameron • 2021
A six-week listening practice to sharpen attention, unlock creativity, and reconnect.
3.31
2k+
🎨 Creative Practice👂 Listening Skills✨ Spiritual Creativity
The Listening Path Summary
The Listening Path 86%
A six-week listening practice to sharpen attention, unlock creativity, and reconnect.
by Julia Cameron 2021
3.31
2k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice👂 Listening Skills✨ Spiritual Creativity
Drawing on the Artist Within
by Betty Edwards • 1986
Drawing isn't a gift, it's a cognitive switch. The perceptual exercises that flip it.
4.06
7k+
📐 Drawing Instruction💭 Visual Thinking🔍 Visual Perception
Drawing on the Artist Within Summary
Drawing on the Artist Within 86%
Drawing isn't a gift, it's a cognitive switch. The perceptual exercises that flip it.
by Betty Edwards 1986
4.06
7k+ ratings
📐 Drawing Instruction💭 Visual Thinking🔍 Visual Perception
How to Walk
by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2013
Walking is the meditation you're already doing. Here's how to actually arrive.
4.16
3k+
👣 Walking Meditation🧘 Mindfulness Meditation☸️ Buddhist Practice
How to Walk Summary
How to Walk 86%
Walking is the meditation you're already doing. Here's how to actually arrive.
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2013
4.16
3k+ ratings
👣 Walking Meditation🧘 Mindfulness Meditation☸️ Buddhist Practice
Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand
by Vivekananda • 1976
The meditation method that starts with a restless mind and ends with the meditator's disappearance.
4.33
3k+
🕉 Vedanta Philosophy🧠 Mind Training🕊 Inner Freedom
Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand Summary
Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand 86%
The meditation method that starts with a restless mind and ends with the meditator's disappearance.
by Vivekananda 1976
4.33
3k+ ratings
🕉 Vedanta Philosophy🧠 Mind Training🕊 Inner Freedom
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory
by Kevin Trudeau • 1997
Pictures stick. Words slide off. A thirty-minute daily method for remembering anything.
3.64
221
🧠 Memory Techniques👁️ Visual Memory⚡ Accelerated Learning
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory Summary
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory 86%
Pictures stick. Words slide off. A thirty-minute daily method for remembering anything.
by Kevin Trudeau 1997
3.64
221 ratings
🧠 Memory Techniques👁️ Visual Memory⚡ Accelerated Learning
Escape the Wolf
by Clint Emerson • 2022
A SEAL's system for reading threats, blending in anywhere, and escaping before danger strikes.
4.14
100
👀 Situational Awareness🔐 Personal Safety🕵️ Operational Security
Escape the Wolf Summary
Escape the Wolf 86%
A SEAL's system for reading threats, blending in anywhere, and escaping before danger strikes.
by Clint Emerson 2022
4.14
100 ratings
👀 Situational Awareness🔐 Personal Safety🕵️ Operational Security
A Million Thoughts
by Om Swami • 2016
A Himalayan monk’s system: still the mind by watching thoughts dissolve, not by fighting them.
4.61
1k+
🧘 Meditation Practice🕉️ Eastern Spirituality👁️ Thought Observation
A Million Thoughts Summary
A Million Thoughts 86%
A Himalayan monk’s system: still the mind by watching thoughts dissolve, not by fighting them.
by Om Swami 2016
4.61
1k+ ratings
🧘 Meditation Practice🕉️ Eastern Spirituality👁️ Thought Observation
The 30-Day Sketchbook Project
by Minnie Small • 2022
Thirty daily exercises that retrain your eyes, your hand, and your relationship with the blank page.
4.12
50
🧱 Sketchbook Practice🗓️ Daily Art Challenges✏️ Drawing Fundamentals
The 30-Day Sketchbook Project Summary
The 30-Day Sketchbook Project 86%
Thirty daily exercises that retrain your eyes, your hand, and your relationship with the blank page.
by Minnie Small 2022
4.12
50 ratings
🧱 Sketchbook Practice🗓️ Daily Art Challenges✏️ Drawing Fundamentals
Improve Your Chess Calculation
by Ramesh RB • 2022
The secret isn't more puzzles. It's a system for seeing further and calculating deeper.
4.08
13
🏋️ Calculation Training👁️ Visualization Practice🧠 Chess Analysis
Improve Your Chess Calculation Summary
Improve Your Chess Calculation 86%
The secret isn't more puzzles. It's a system for seeing further and calculating deeper.
by Ramesh RB 2022
4.08
13 ratings
🏋️ Calculation Training👁️ Visualization Practice🧠 Chess Analysis
Music Theory Secrets
by Brent Coppenbarger • 2014
94 strategies to turn music theory into something anyone can read, write, and hear.
3.71
7
🎼 Music Theory🎤 Sight Singing👂 Ear Training
Music Theory Secrets Summary
Music Theory Secrets 86%
94 strategies to turn music theory into something anyone can read, write, and hear.
by Brent Coppenbarger 2014
3.71
7 ratings
🎼 Music Theory🎤 Sight Singing👂 Ear Training
Growing an In-Sync Child
by Carol Stock Kranowitz • 2009
Screen time replaced crawl time. Movement activities to build the brains kids need for school.
4.18
121
🧠 Sensory Integration🏃 Movement And Learning👐 Occupational Therapy
Growing an In-Sync Child Summary
Growing an In-Sync Child 86%
Screen time replaced crawl time. Movement activities to build the brains kids need for school.
by Carol Stock Kranowitz 2009
4.18
121 ratings
🧠 Sensory Integration🏃 Movement And Learning👐 Occupational Therapy
Introduction to Zen Koans
by James Ishmael Ford • 2018
Koans are logic-eating dragons. A map to the untameable language that forces the mind awake.
4.16
67
🪷 Zen Buddhism❓ Koan Practice✨ Direct Experience
Introduction to Zen Koans Summary
Introduction to Zen Koans 86%
Koans are logic-eating dragons. A map to the untameable language that forces the mind awake.
by James Ishmael Ford 2018
4.16
67 ratings
🪷 Zen Buddhism❓ Koan Practice✨ Direct Experience
Keep Going
by Austin Kleon • 2019
Creativity runs in seasons, not streaks. Ten ways to keep making work through the winter.
4.26
18k+
🎨 Creative Practice📅 Creative Routines🧘 Creative Solitude
Keep Going Summary
Keep Going 86%
Creativity runs in seasons, not streaks. Ten ways to keep making work through the winter.
by Austin Kleon 2019
4.26
18k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice📅 Creative Routines🧘 Creative Solitude
Playing the Piano for Pleasure
by Charles Cooke • 1941
Amateur piano method: one daily hour, turn weak spots into strengths, keep every piece.
4.19
363
🎹 Piano Practice🎯 Deliberate Practice👀 Sight Reading
Playing the Piano for Pleasure Summary
Playing the Piano for Pleasure 86%
Amateur piano method: one daily hour, turn weak spots into strengths, keep every piece.
by Charles Cooke 1941
4.19
363 ratings
🎹 Piano Practice🎯 Deliberate Practice👀 Sight Reading
The Little Book of Talent
by Daniel Coyle • 2012
Practice 15 minutes a day, at the edge of your ability. 52 tips for building talent that lasts.
4.03
9k+
🧠 Skill Acquisition🎯 Deliberate Practice🧩 Skill Chunking
The Little Book of Talent Summary
The Little Book of Talent 86%
Practice 15 minutes a day, at the edge of your ability. 52 tips for building talent that lasts.
by Daniel Coyle 2012
4.03
9k+ ratings
🧠 Skill Acquisition🎯 Deliberate Practice🧩 Skill Chunking
Writing as a Path to Awakening
by Albert Flynn Desilver • 2017
Writing craft meets meditation: a yearlong practice that sharpens prose and quiets the inner critic.
3.77
128
🖊️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Practice🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Writing as a Path to Awakening Summary
Writing as a Path to Awakening 86%
Writing craft meets meditation: a yearlong practice that sharpens prose and quiets the inner critic.
by Albert Flynn Desilver 2017
3.77
128 ratings
🖊️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Practice🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Practicing the Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle • 1997
Freedom from mental chatter, using only your body and your attention.
4.26
51k+
🧘 Present Moment Awareness🧘‍♂️ Nondual Teachings👁️ Thought Observation
Practicing the Power of Now Summary
Practicing the Power of Now 86%
Freedom from mental chatter, using only your body and your attention.
by Eckhart Tolle 1997
4.26
51k+ ratings
🧘 Present Moment Awareness🧘‍♂️ Nondual Teachings👁️ Thought Observation
Look
by Christian Madsbjerg • 2023
Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.
3.15
233
🏛️ Phenomenology🔍 Gestalt Psychology👁️ Ethnographic Observation
Look Summary
Look 86%
Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.
by Christian Madsbjerg 2023
3.15
233 ratings
🏛️ Phenomenology🔍 Gestalt Psychology👁️ Ethnographic Observation
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mental Models
by Peter Hollins • 2024
Da Vinci's cognitive toolkit, decoded into eleven practices any curious mind can steal.
4.05
21
🔬 Polymath Thinking🧠 Creative Cognition🔍 Curiosity Cultivation
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mental Models Summary
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mental Models 86%
Da Vinci's cognitive toolkit, decoded into eleven practices any curious mind can steal.
by Peter Hollins 2024
4.05
21 ratings
🔬 Polymath Thinking🧠 Creative Cognition🔍 Curiosity Cultivation
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