The Pause Principle is the conscious, intentional process of stepping back, within ourselves and outside of ourselves, to lead forward with greater authenticity, purpose, and contribution.

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They also tested whether the learning process was conscious by distracting the subjects during the video viewing - the volunteers were asked to do simple arithmetic sums in their head, for example.

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"After two months of a complicated post-operative process, the patient remains conscious, with his intellectual functions intact, in close communication with his government team, " Villegas said, reading from a statement on television.

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The work is overtly experimental, making the process of reading as self-conscious as the comics themselves.

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The final step in this process of putting your unconscious mind to work for you in a conscious way is to manage the flow of communication between you and your audience, or in that meeting, or that conversation.

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By the Korean War, Nosal said, there was "a conscious decision to return all the remains back home, " with technological advances speeding the process.

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Although the process was unwieldy, those who worked on Ceefax during the pioneering days were conscious that they were taking part in an information revolution of some magnitude long before the world wide web arrived on the scene.

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When you start something new, a large number of neurons in the frontal cortex (the higher, more conscious command area of the brain) are recruited and become active, helping you in the learning process.

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He should be entitled to go at a time that he decides and in the proper, dignified way and that process should be well managed and I think that you know, all my colleagues are conscious of this.

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