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Pranab
@nopranablem
Meditation, dharma, and emotions at work. Founder of @attncopilot and occasional facilitator at @jhanatech.
Cambridge, MA
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    Pranab
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    May 22
    When I launched Attention Copilot, I mostly thought of it as a way to help people get unstuck in one session: Bring a task that feels ugh, reconnect with why it matters, and do it while a coach tracks your attention and inner state. When resistance shows up, we work with it in
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    Pranab
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    Jun 28, 2025
    I’m launching Attentional Copiloting sessions! tldr: Within an hour, go from stuckness to flow to joy on your most important work Origin story: In 2023, I was in an intense period of burnout, and I was procrastinating much more than usual. I had this one project - important but
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    Pranab
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    Feb 20, 2025
    I've apparently gaslit myself about the monty hall problem since learning about it 10 years ago! The entire thing hinges on the fact that he knows which door has [desired object] and he will never open that door! That's the only reason it's probabilistically best to switch
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Nov 7, 2024
    I work at a (legal) psychedelic company and think this is true for most people
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    Cat
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    Nov 7, 2024
    living in SF has taught me there is a hard upper limit on the number of times in my life i will ever do psychedelics
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Jul 27, 2025
    working on emotional skills is a more tractable and effective path to improving executive function than working on executive function directly
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    orph
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    Jul 27, 2025
    executive function is just better emotional regulation towards the task at hand, huh
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Feb 20, 2025
    Replying to @nopranablem
    The entire time I thought the context was that the showman also didn't know which door had the desired object. With that assumption (in the 2/3 of the time where the game continues), the probability IS just 50/50! Which is what most people, I imagine, think it is
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Feb 20, 2025
    Replying to @nopranablem
    The whole idea of it being a probability trick seems to not come from it being unintuitive, but from the lack of emphasis that the door opener knows the door position of the desired obj
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    Pranab
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    Sep 6, 2020
    guys literally only want wangthang and it's disgusting
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Nov 11, 2024
    For the record: put your attention in the belly, towards every moment and every hour of the day, during all and everything. It will change your life, and you will feel like you have arrived, like you're at home wherever you are, and like there's no place you'd rather be
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Jun 28, 2025
    Replying to @mahlenr
    haha brooooo this is so wholesome
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Sep 18, 2025
    writing chain-of-thought reasoning while you do important work may feel like it slows you down, but it actually builds metacognitive awareness of your approach, leading to more clarity and effective action over the course of hours
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    Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️
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    Sep 18, 2025
    chain-of-thought is super underrated as a technique for humans btw keep writing until things start converging
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Jun 26, 2022
    the good listener-> pseudo therapist-> 'lots of friends that feel close to them that they don't feel that close to' pipeline
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Nov 14, 2023
    Procrastination *is directly* the result of hidden, unfelt emotions! Tension arises from pushing them away, leading to actions we call procrastination IFS (internal family systems) done well is an *excellent* approach to reveal, understand, and flow with those emotions
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    Joshua Levy
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    Nov 14, 2023
    Replying to @melodaysong
    Interesting. Procrastination does seem closely tied to hidden emotions. Curious how you see it relating to IFS? Any concrete examples or exercises?
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Jun 3, 2022
    Time and time and time again, I learn that some of the trickiest problems in my life don't get solved – they get *dissolved*
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    Pranab
    @nopranablem
    Oct 1, 2022
    As a physics nerd, I see everything in terms of derivatives of position. So when someone says they're "popping off", I know they mean their popularity is accelerating faster over time I simply point them to the chart, where we see technically they're just jerking off