“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
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“Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.”
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