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Appreciating boredom can support less rushed decisions

Kareem Amin describes being grateful for boredom as an experience of being present. He says carrying that awareness into daily life can help him make less rushed decisions.

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The Philosopher CEO | Clay Co-Founder Kareem Amin

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But what I experienced then was a felt experience of what it’s like to actually be there, and then being really grateful for the boredom, where I’m like, oh wow, I’m so grateful to be bored because I’m here.
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Yeah, there’s a lot of CEOs that have the—or come to these thoughts at different moments. I think it just depends when do they come to it, by the way. Sometimes people come to it after they sell their company. Or, you know, you have a lot of star athletes or Olympic athletes who are like, after they’re done, they come back and recognize this. But I do think a lot of people actually have some forms of these thoughts. It doesn’t mean you’re—it means you have clarity of mind for the ambition, for the future thinking. And then I try to carry that with me. I think it actually leads you to make better decisions that are less rushed, less confused about, like, the nature of what’s happening.

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