pay attention when people are talking.

Although I feel like someone just cut off my right arm, it has had the interesting effect of forcing me to sit quietly as people are talking in meetings. I find that when my sub-conscious mind is focused on them, the ideas come flying.

The blackberry should reappear shortly, but perhaps I’ll start “forgetting” it.

well-rested
turned toward the person who is speaking
concentrating
sitting in some kind of open position (arms open, hands on table)
well-fed
watching their eyes, hands, body language
putting myself in their position

I am trying to think a lot about the Buddhist exhortation to be present. But I’m so preoccupied… with my blackberry, with the nagging voice in my head that’s narrating the conversation, with wanting to talk.