Habits of Mind: The Flavors of Our Experience

How do we change the flavor of our experience?
by Alison Bonds Shapiro, M.B.A. in Healing Into Possibility
Originally published online by Psychology Today

My friend and teacher, Frank, talked to me the other day about habits of mind and the underlying tone they give to whatever we are doing. It's a fascinating thing to understand and notice. We don't generally pay attention at this level. Habits of mind are subtle.

They are like lemon juice flavoring a glass of tea. We might not see the lemon juice when we look at the glass, but it's there and its presence changes the flavor of our experience of drinking tea. Habits of mind do exactly the same thing. They change the flavor of the moments of our lives.

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