How to be Mindful (Ellen Langer)

  1. Respect uncertainty
    • Nobody knows instead of a personal statement like I don’t know
    • Everything is there to be found out
  2. Notice three new things
    • Multiple answers to any question
    • New stuff in your surroundings
  3. When learning, avoid absolutes. Learn conditionally
    • Not is, could be, would be, possibly, it would seem that, might be
    • This shifts opens you to possibilities unavailable in absolutes

Tragedy or inconvenience?


Most stress is about things that never occur.