When you are carried away to heaven, this is an example of a time when you are rapt. The attention you pay during a really great movie is an example of rapt attention. In asserting its groundbreaking thesis - the wise investment of your attention is the single most important thing you can do to improve your well-being - Rapt yields fresh insights into the nature of reality and what it means to be fully alive. The definition of rapt is being fascinated and paying careful attention to something, or being filled with an intense emotion, or being saved and going to heaven. No matter what your quotient of wealth, looks, brains, or fame, increasing your satisfaction means focusing more on what really interests you and less on what doesn't. In Rapt, Gallagher introduces us to a diverse cast of characters - artists and ranchers, birders and scientists - who have learned to do just that and whose stories are profound lessons in the art of living the interested life. Gallagher grapples with provocative questions - Can we train our focus? What's different about the way creative people pay attention? Why do we often zero in on the wrong factors when making big decisions? - driving us to reconsider what we think we know about attention.Īs suggested by the expression "pay attention," this cognitive currency is a finite resource that we must learn to spend wisely. TABLE OF CONTENTS PHOTO ALBUM THE GREAT GOLD RUSH THE BIRTH OF THE LOGGING INDUSTRY TRANSPORTATION -THE OPENING OF THE WEST DEVELOPMENT SETTLEMENT MAJOR EVENTS -WAR, CRIME, DISASTERS, POLITICS BIOGRAPHIES OF INTERESTING CITIZENS Credits Feedback This Digital Collection was produced under contract to the SchoolNet Digital Collections Program, Industry Canada.In Rapt, acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher makes the argument that the quality of your life largely depends on what you choose to pay attention to and how you choose to do it.
The articles, published in the Fort Frances Times and Rainy River Herald, describe how the area was developed including the gold rush around the turn of the century, the birth of the logging industry and how railways and highways opened the area to the rest of the country. The articles appear as they did when originally published and have not been edited in any way. 100 years, 100 stories The History of the Rainy River District The following pages are a testament to the history of Rainy River District.
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