“When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands.”
Daniel Goleman
Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a personal preoccupation you believe is preventing you from focusing on a more important external topic.
Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s self-absorption prevents him/her from perceiving another’s important crisis.
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