One second ahead : enhance your performance at work with mindfulness /

Researchers have found that the accelerated pace of modern office life is taking its toll on productivity, employee engagement, creativity and well-being. Faced with a relentless flood of information and distractions, our brains try to process everything at once increasing our stress, decreasing our...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hougaard, Rasmus
Other Authors: Coutts, Gillian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Workplace techniques
  • Mastering your mind : first steps
  • Technique #1: emails
  • Technique #2: meetings
  • Technique #3: goals
  • Technique #4: priorities
  • Technique #5: planning
  • Technique #6: communication
  • Technique #7: creativity
  • Technique #8: change
  • Technique #9: mental energy
  • Technique #10: sleep
  • Technique #11: eating and energy
  • Technique #12: activity and energy
  • Technique #13: performance breaks
  • Technique #14: commuting
  • Technique #15: emotional balance
  • Technique #16: work-life balance
  • Mental strategies
  • Strategy #1: presence
  • Strategy #2: patience
  • Strategy #3: kindness
  • Strategy #4: beginner's mind
  • Strategy #5: acceptance
  • Strategy #6: balance
  • Strategy #7: joy
  • Strategy #8: letting go
  • Foundational practices
  • Training sharp focus
  • Training open awareness
  • Mastering your life : next steps
  • Appendix: self-directed training resources
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the authors
  • About the potential project
  • Index.