This document discusses how Transcendental Meditation can improve job performance. It presents data from a 1974 study showing employees who learned Transcendental Meditation showed improved job performance scores compared to a control group. It also quotes Bob Jones, the chief investment officer at a large investment bank, saying that Transcendental Meditation gives clarity of mind to prioritize tasks and feels the relaxation after meditating allows him to feel recharged and better able to get important things done.

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eople think they are so busy because they’ve got
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gives you the clarity of mind to realize: ‘These are the things
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that I will get to if I have time.’ By being more settled and
Employees who learned the focused, you end up with more time than you would with-
Transcendental Meditation
program showed improved job out meditation. The relaxation I feel after meditating makes
performance in comparison to me feel recharged and refreshed so I can prioritize and get
control subjects. Reference:
Academy of Management Journal things done I need to get done.”
17: 362–368, 1974.
Mr. Jones is the chief investment officer at one of New York’s oldest and
largest investment banks.
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