Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention | Psychology Professor, Dr. Amishi Jha

Amishi Jha (0:00)

We've all been there, and we all will be there at some point in our life, where our actions are consequential. And even if they may not be literally life or death, they can certainly feel like they're life or death.

So training for better attention for all of us has value because of that reality. Thank you.

Michael Gervais (0:24)

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Okay, this week's conversation is with Dr. Amishi Jha, a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. And she serves as the director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, which she co-founded in 2010

Her work has been featured at NATO, the World Economic Forum, and the Pentagon. These are serious organizations with serious people and she's got her arms around one of the serious elements of becoming your very best. And we're gonna get into that in a moment.