In The Upside of Your Dark Side, Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener and I wrote a provocative chapter titled, “Beyond the Obsession with Mindfulness.” In it, we discuss how sometimes the best decisions occur when we engage in a bit of mindless distraction. To be precise, there are four steps:
Mindful contemplation of the situation.
Stop and take a break.
Distract yo…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Provoked with Dr. Todd Kashdan to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.