It goes like this : Focus intensely upon your work. Make it awesome. And let everything else go to hell.
That’s your shower thought? To make something good you have to put work in?
But that isn’t what I said
I suppose I’m asking for clarification.
Try reading the post again then.
Or you could help me understand what you’re saying. If you can’t be bothered, okay, but it would be nice if you said so.
I’m describing a way of using attention. To put it entirely in one place and to completely remove it from everything else.
And then the place where you put your attention blossoms and everything else rots.
I honestly fail to understand what seems to be so mind-blowing about this for you. I’m genuinely confused. Because it still sounds to me like you’re saying if you focus on the thing you’re doing, it becomes good. Which, yeah? That’s how that usually works? Again, genuinely confused.
Did I say that it is mind-blowing?
That 3 problems in a row for you. 2 of them misrepresentation of the words.
Maybe the problem is on your end. Try thinking about it a bit and then get back to me.
Why those three?
I’m sure there are artists, scientists and engineers that don’t let everything else go to hell, and there are likely people in other professions or hobbies that focus on one thing and let everything else go to hell.
This is probably more of a general personality trait than something associated with those specific careers.
You could say that people with this personality trait are inclined to become artists, scientists and engineers.
And you could call this personality trait a magic trick.
Or, you could call it ADHD, and trust me, it is no magic trick.
I am sperg, which is arguably an uncommon shape of attention. And I meditate. Which is all about doing certain stuff with attention (and studying it, unavoidably philosophizing about it, etc)
Which is an uncommon perspective, maybe. But surely other people study it too. (So many of us are enmeshed in it after all, and depend on their facility in it for their profession. )
And yes, it’s a big deal. A very big deal. One of those proverbial elephants in the room.
Why not call it a magic trick. I mean, technically it underlays science. So it’s transcendent to our scientific way of making sense of stuff. Which is a pretty good definition for magic.
