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Growth Mindset Tip #23 - Be Generous
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- Jun 12, 2026
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Summary
The Whole Again Podcast: Mindfulness and Resilience through Kinstugi Wisdom airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Pause Breathe Reflect Microdose Meditations, Growth Mindset and Mindfulness Tips, to help us transform our scars into healing and resilience. And between May and October, I'm sharing a new series I'm calling: A Perfectly Imperfect Union. It's about connecting with every day folks as they reflect on America at 250. Conversations will air every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ------- When was the last time you gave someone your full, undivided attention? Not half-listening while you scrolled. Not nodding along while your mind drifted to your next meeting. Actually present. Actually there. In a world engineered to steal your focus, that kind of presence has become one of the rarest gifts you can offer. And in this episode of Whole Again, Growth Mindset Tip #23 makes the case that generosity isn't really about money. It's about where you put your attention. Michael traces the word "generous" from its roots in noble birth all the way through Buddhist practice, ancient Rome, and Jon Kabat-Zinn's nine qualities of mindfulness to arrive at a simple but radical idea: that showing up fully for another person, for a project, for a moment, is one of the most generous acts available to you right now. In a culture where the algorithm is designed to outbid every human connection for your eyes, choosing presence is a quiet act of rebellion. And it's one that creates the kind of ripples that matter. This tip is part of Michael's 25th-anniversary celebration of My Last Bad Day, a series of growth-mindset lessons learned on the long road from that July morning in New Mexico to the person he is becoming. You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose E…