Intelligence is Living in the Present

 
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Intelligence is the capacity to be in the present moment. The more you live in the past or the future, the less intelligent you are.

You ever notice when you’re talking to someone, and they’re not really paying attention, and you ask them what they’re thinking, they’re probably thinking about something they’re going to do tomorrow, or something they did yesterday. But they’re not in the moment, and they’re not really paying
attention to you.

Intelligence can also be defined as a capacity to be in the here and now, to be in this moment, and nowhere else. When you can be in the current moment, you are awake.

You ever notice successful people? They get a lot of things done, and they get them done very quickly. When you talk to them, the only thing they’re focusing on is the current task at hand, one idea in their mind, a very singleness of purpose. They’re focused so directly, all their attention, all their efforts are on one idea. That’s being in the presence, in the current moment. They’re not thinking about a conversation they had with their boss the day before. They’re not thinking about an opera or Broadway show they’re going to this weekend. They’re focused on getting the task done.

This can be defined as an intelligence. You live your life intelligently by being in the moment and getting things done. And getting things done that help your life to be a more successful life.

You ever felt alive when you had something very scary happen to you? Image you’re sitting in your home, and your house catches on fire. Immediately, you have to act. There’s no time to think. You’re not thinking about anything other than, “get out of the house, grab the people in the home that are in danger, and you get out”.

In that moment, one thought’s in your mind, and you are absolutely in the current moment. That’s the way you should try to stay in your life as often as you can, stay in the moment, and your life will a more intelligent life.


Speaker: 
John
Date Recorded: 
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Date Posted: 
Friday, July 28, 2017
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