The Power Of Attention
Grasshopper Notes Podcast

The Power Of Attention

B1IntermediateOctober 6, 20263 min
  • One speaker
  • Relationships & psychology

Send us Fan Mail Attention is the currency of connection. Find out how more of it benefits you in this mini podcast. Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's podcasting site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038 "The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and...

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I couldn't care less.

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And we don't always send it with words.

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The title of this mini-podcast is, The Power of Attention. I couldn't care less. Maybe one of the most damaging messages we send in relationships.

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And we don't always send it with words. Sometimes we send it by simply not paying attention. It usually starts innocently enough. A little less listening, a little more distraction.

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And because nothing dramatic happens, we don't notice it. until, over time, the lack of attention creates a distance between people. I suspect the currency of human interaction is attention. Everybody wants it, and there's a lot of pseudo-attention being passed off as the real thing.

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