How to get the optimal experience of anything...

Just a theory I'm working on, but it was suggested in class to have reverence (or if you don't like that word, try respect) for all that you do. 
For example, I wake in the morning, I go to class.  I have two options.  I can go to class tired, yawning, nodding my way through (not in agreement, but in doziness) and let the words go in one ear and out the other.  Or I can sit with concentration, absorb the lesson, drink in the words, mull over the thoughts presented, participate in discussion, etc.  I think you see the contrast.  In the first option, what do I gain?  Merely a tick against my name to say I was there.  In the second option, the gain is unlimited.  Not only does my enjoyment of the class increase, but the practicality of the lesson becomes firm and I can take great benefit from that.  And I leave satisfied and fulfilled.
Same goes for eating, working, house cleaning, etc.  If a task is so important that you decide to do it, you may as well do it properly, with reverence, and get the very best experience out of doing it .

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Ross Galán, NLP Spiritual Life Coach
at the Spiritual Life Coaching School