I'm going to have a crack at taking this advice on board in future readings or discussions, not because of the logic behind it but because when the author "star

I'm going to have a crack at taking this advice on board in future readings or discussions, not because of the logic behind it but because when the author "started doing that, I’ve not only been far calmer, I’ve learned much more too." The logic seems flawed to me, in that it equates focused with clever. You can be one without the other. Of the two, I'm definitely more clever than focused. I think the value a person contributes is usually the other way around. (Which is why my focus for this year is 'be more focused'.)