The document discusses various ways for students to manage and reduce stress, including mindfulness techniques like meditation and yoga, physical activities, eating healthy, spending time with family and friends, and using apps to limit distraction. It acknowledges that while stress is inevitable, students can take steps to minimize it like relaxing activities, prioritizing self-care with nutrition and sleep, and seeking support from others when feeling overwhelmed.
My Brain: Intro to brain science A Curriculum for 1st - 3rd GradersMaggie
Objectives of this curriculum are:
To introduce the brain functions and awareness of thoughts
To introduce the concept of choice in our thoughts
To relate thoughts to emotions
To introduce the idea of subconscious thoughts and functions of the brain
To introduce deep breathing for relaxation
To introduce relationship of thoughts to self-esteem
The document provides tips for improving brain and mind skills. It discusses that the brain is physical and the mind is non-physical. It recommends positive self-talk to promote health and using both sides of the brain for rational and creative thinking. Learning really occurs during sleep, and reducing stress and focusing are keys to better reading, memorization, and exam preparation.
How to attain the highest level of self awareness through mediationWestern Spiritranch
When you meditate, you're delving into a higher level of self-awareness. You're coming to know yourself as you've never known yourself before. That can be thrilling, terrifying, vulnerable, and entertaining all at the same time!
The first part of the 'Perfect Presenter' training course. This presentation will allow you to understand and overcome stage fright or speaking nerves.
http://mindpersuasion.com/
The reason people quit is they have too much motivation, and not enough momentum. If you want to keep going, no matter what, focus on building momentum rather than motivation. Learn More: http://mindpersuasion.com/tools/
The school year can be hard on anyone. Academic stress can build upon self-esteem issues, your family, friends and even yourself. When not taken care of, your performance suffers, your morale suffers, and life just suffers. Instead of being on the brink of a constant freak out, grab life by the horns and get to relaxing. It may be easier than you think.
With time your mind will wander less and within no time you will enter into a phase of deep concentration. Mediation will bring you to the present. Follow these tips to achieve inner peace.
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The document discusses various ways for students to manage and reduce stress, including mindfulness techniques like meditation and yoga, physical activities, eating healthy, spending time with family and friends, and using apps to limit distraction. It acknowledges that while stress is inevitable, students can take steps to minimize it like relaxing activities, prioritizing self-care with nutrition and sleep, and seeking support from others when feeling overwhelmed.
My Brain: Intro to brain science A Curriculum for 1st - 3rd GradersMaggie
Objectives of this curriculum are:
To introduce the brain functions and awareness of thoughts
To introduce the concept of choice in our thoughts
To relate thoughts to emotions
To introduce the idea of subconscious thoughts and functions of the brain
To introduce deep breathing for relaxation
To introduce relationship of thoughts to self-esteem
The document provides tips for improving brain and mind skills. It discusses that the brain is physical and the mind is non-physical. It recommends positive self-talk to promote health and using both sides of the brain for rational and creative thinking. Learning really occurs during sleep, and reducing stress and focusing are keys to better reading, memorization, and exam preparation.
How to attain the highest level of self awareness through mediationWestern Spiritranch
When you meditate, you're delving into a higher level of self-awareness. You're coming to know yourself as you've never known yourself before. That can be thrilling, terrifying, vulnerable, and entertaining all at the same time!
The first part of the 'Perfect Presenter' training course. This presentation will allow you to understand and overcome stage fright or speaking nerves.
http://mindpersuasion.com/
The reason people quit is they have too much motivation, and not enough momentum. If you want to keep going, no matter what, focus on building momentum rather than motivation. Learn More: http://mindpersuasion.com/tools/
The school year can be hard on anyone. Academic stress can build upon self-esteem issues, your family, friends and even yourself. When not taken care of, your performance suffers, your morale suffers, and life just suffers. Instead of being on the brink of a constant freak out, grab life by the horns and get to relaxing. It may be easier than you think.
With time your mind will wander less and within no time you will enter into a phase of deep concentration. Mediation will bring you to the present. Follow these tips to achieve inner peace.
Visit Agar Consultancy Website | http://agarconsultancy.com/
This document provides an overview of mindfulness and its benefits. It discusses how mindfulness means paying attention in the present moment non-judgmentally. Some benefits mentioned include stress reduction, improved sleep, memory and problem solving. Techniques like breathing exercises, mindful walking and eating are explained. Recommended resources on mindfulness are also provided.
The document outlines a lesson plan to teach mindfulness based stress reduction techniques to students. The goal is to create a calm yet alert classroom environment where students and teachers can function efficiently. The plan involves teaching students breathing, toning, and guided imagery exercises over three days to help students relax, reduce stress, become focused, and improve mental and emotional health. Students will complete worksheets and craft projects to assess their understanding of the mindfulness techniques.
This document defines motivation and discusses different types of motivation. It provides examples of intrinsic motivation, which occurs from internal pleasure or importance, and extrinsic motivation, which comes from external factors. The document also lists 7 ways to motivate yourself, such as finding interest in tasks, talking positively about goals, imagining future rewards, and breaking large goals into small, achievable steps. Motivation is explained as important for driving various human behaviors and actions.
The document summarizes a presentation about Brain Gym, a program using physical movements to enhance learning. It describes four basic Brain Gym movements called PACE (Drinking Water, Brain Buttons, Cross Crawl, Hook Ups) that are designed to relax the body and improve focus. Participants reported feeling more relaxed and focused after doing PACE. Research found the PACE group had a 69.5% reduction in anxiety compared to control groups. Additional Brain Gym movements like Thinking Caps, The Owl, and Lazy Eights are said to benefit skills like short-term memory, listening comprehension, and reading.
1. Create an action plan that outlines everything that will be covered on the exam along with notes and study aids. Writing an action plan helps you recall all the information and reduces stress and feelings of being unprepared.
2. Develop an exam strategy to determine the order you will answer questions to maximize your time and confidence. For example, answering questions on your strongest topics first before moving to weaker areas.
3. Get a good night's sleep to help recall information. While last minute cramming may help, sleep is essential for consolidating what you've learned and should not be sacrificed in favor of extra studying.
Fast ways to memorize easily provides 7 techniques for effective memorization:
1. Doing small movements or brain exercises to engage the body and mind.
2. Having conversations about the material to connect information in the brain.
3. Eating nutritious foods like milk, eggs, fish, and berries that are good for brain health and intelligence.
4. Getting adequate rest since fatigue hinders memorization and even geniuses need rest to regenerate ideas.
Final solution for not getting enough sleepThang Nguyen
This document outlines a 7-step program to help people sleep better. The steps include regular health checkups, detoxification of major organs, eating a healthy diet, daily exercise, managing stress, making time to relax, and preventing external disturbances at night. Following this program aims to develop a healthy body and mind for better quality sleep.
This document provides an overview and tools from a monthly meeting with holistic health expert Maureen Wielansky on transforming your body and life. The meeting covered 5 steps to winning the mental mindset game, getting selfish by prioritizing self-care, rewriting your history, creating a dazzling future through goal-setting and vision boarding, and planning meals and fitness in a fun way. Attendees were encouraged to sign up for a free consultation hour to discuss applying the transformation tools.
The document discusses taking charge of one's own happiness. It explains that while we may want to make others happy, we ultimately do not have control over their emotions and trying to control others' happiness can make us unhappy. It recommends focusing instead on our own happiness and letting that positively influence others. The document introduces neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) as a method to gain control over one's emotions and achieve goals using principles like knowing your desired outcome, taking actions consistent with that outcome, developing sensory awareness, practicing flexibility, and adopting a physiology of success. NLP teaches strategies to consistently produce desired results in life.
The document discusses the three ways that anxiety affects people: physically, emotionally, and in their thinking patterns. It explains techniques for addressing each area, including relaxation methods, mindfulness meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy, and hypnotherapy. Hypnosis is highlighted as a particularly useful tool for treating anxiety through relaxation, motivation, practicing new behaviors, and visualization of an anxiety-free future. The document concludes by offering a free consultation to discuss hypnotherapy treatment options.
Colleen Crowley explains how she incorporates different dimensions of wellness into her life in a January 2014 presentation. She works out 3-5 times a week and eats healthy foods to maintain her physical health. Socially, she spends time with friends who make her happy. Intellectually, she plans to get back into puzzles and read for fun. Emotionally, working out helps relieve her stress, and she walks outside when weather permits. Spiritually, she thinks about her daily plans and goals. For occupational wellness, she aims to get to know coworkers better and concentrate more on schoolwork.
The document provides tips and information on improving memory and brainpower. It discusses that memory involves sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory. It emphasizes the importance of lifelong learning, exercising the brain through activities like reading, learning a new language, puzzles and being social. Eating healthy foods like fish and avoiding sugar can also boost brainpower. The key is challenging the mind and keeping the brain active through old age.
The document outlines several techniques to improve well-being: meditating to set a calm tone and boost focus/energy; using affirmations and self-talk with positive messages; visualizing desired futures; exercising for physical/mental benefits; reading positive books for stimulation and skills; scribing to organize thoughts and set goals; and loving yourself with compliments.
This document discusses the importance of brain gym for children's learning. It explains that brain gym is a set of simple movements developed in the 1970s to stimulate the whole brain and enhance learning. The 26 physical activities are designed to integrate body and mind and develop skills like concentration, memory, reading, writing and listening. Some example exercises provided are touching points above the eyes to close eyes and breathe slowly. The conclusion states it is important for teachers to give children fun, complete learning opportunities using their imagination and body to relax and learn.
Meditation is a practice to train attention and awareness to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state. It aims to reduce stress and anxiety while increasing peace, self-concept, and well-being. The document discusses different meditation techniques, including body scan meditation. For body scan meditation, the most difficult part was forgetting thoughts, but once focused on the body it was easy. All worries disappeared and the person felt relaxed. Regular meditation can benefit mental health.
Brain Gym is a series of physical exercises that can enhance learning abilities and skills in students. It includes movements that develop both hemispheres of the brain and sensory-motor coordination, improving communication and learning processing. Some key exercises improve concentration, memory, reading, writing, listening and speaking abilities. Brain Gym is important for the learning process as it allows students to learn faster and easier, be more focused and organized, and overcome learning challenges.
This document discusses mindfulness, thought records, and sensory diets. It provides guidance on mindfulness techniques like mindful breathing exercises, mindful eating, progressive muscle relaxation, visualization relaxation, and loving-kindness meditation. It also includes templates for a thought record sheet and explains that a sensory diet incorporates strategic sensory activities to help a person interact adaptively with their environment.
The document discusses how maintaining good vision can help improve memory. It recommends relaxing the eyes through positive thoughts in order to reduce strain and stress. A memory exercise is described where one holds the image of a letter in their mind as long as possible with each eye, and relaxing is said to improve the results. Focusing on positive memories and events before bed is suggested to relax the mind and eyes and improve sleep quality. In conclusion, reducing eye strain is said to not only improve vision but memory as well.
This document discusses balancing happiness in life through self-care of the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual aspects. It recommends taking time for intellectual growth through meeting people and reading. Emotional health involves treating yourself and finding people to share with. Spiritual health requires taking personal time and using the subconscious mind, which is a source of positive energy, wisdom, and answers. The document suggests kinesiology tests to examine inner beliefs and unlock subconscious answers regarding love, life, mother's love, and success.
This Haiku Deck presentation contains 5 photos from different photographers on topics that are not described in the document. It concludes by inviting the viewer to create their own Haiku Deck presentation on SlideShare.
This document is a Haiku Deck presentation that contains photos credited to various photographers and encourages the viewer to get inspired and create their own Haiku Deck presentation on SlideShare. The presentation contains 12 photos from different photographers and ends by prompting the viewer to get started making their own presentation.
This document provides an overview of mindfulness and its benefits. It discusses how mindfulness means paying attention in the present moment non-judgmentally. Some benefits mentioned include stress reduction, improved sleep, memory and problem solving. Techniques like breathing exercises, mindful walking and eating are explained. Recommended resources on mindfulness are also provided.
The document outlines a lesson plan to teach mindfulness based stress reduction techniques to students. The goal is to create a calm yet alert classroom environment where students and teachers can function efficiently. The plan involves teaching students breathing, toning, and guided imagery exercises over three days to help students relax, reduce stress, become focused, and improve mental and emotional health. Students will complete worksheets and craft projects to assess their understanding of the mindfulness techniques.
This document defines motivation and discusses different types of motivation. It provides examples of intrinsic motivation, which occurs from internal pleasure or importance, and extrinsic motivation, which comes from external factors. The document also lists 7 ways to motivate yourself, such as finding interest in tasks, talking positively about goals, imagining future rewards, and breaking large goals into small, achievable steps. Motivation is explained as important for driving various human behaviors and actions.
The document summarizes a presentation about Brain Gym, a program using physical movements to enhance learning. It describes four basic Brain Gym movements called PACE (Drinking Water, Brain Buttons, Cross Crawl, Hook Ups) that are designed to relax the body and improve focus. Participants reported feeling more relaxed and focused after doing PACE. Research found the PACE group had a 69.5% reduction in anxiety compared to control groups. Additional Brain Gym movements like Thinking Caps, The Owl, and Lazy Eights are said to benefit skills like short-term memory, listening comprehension, and reading.
1. Create an action plan that outlines everything that will be covered on the exam along with notes and study aids. Writing an action plan helps you recall all the information and reduces stress and feelings of being unprepared.
2. Develop an exam strategy to determine the order you will answer questions to maximize your time and confidence. For example, answering questions on your strongest topics first before moving to weaker areas.
3. Get a good night's sleep to help recall information. While last minute cramming may help, sleep is essential for consolidating what you've learned and should not be sacrificed in favor of extra studying.
Fast ways to memorize easily provides 7 techniques for effective memorization:
1. Doing small movements or brain exercises to engage the body and mind.
2. Having conversations about the material to connect information in the brain.
3. Eating nutritious foods like milk, eggs, fish, and berries that are good for brain health and intelligence.
4. Getting adequate rest since fatigue hinders memorization and even geniuses need rest to regenerate ideas.
Final solution for not getting enough sleepThang Nguyen
This document outlines a 7-step program to help people sleep better. The steps include regular health checkups, detoxification of major organs, eating a healthy diet, daily exercise, managing stress, making time to relax, and preventing external disturbances at night. Following this program aims to develop a healthy body and mind for better quality sleep.
This document provides an overview and tools from a monthly meeting with holistic health expert Maureen Wielansky on transforming your body and life. The meeting covered 5 steps to winning the mental mindset game, getting selfish by prioritizing self-care, rewriting your history, creating a dazzling future through goal-setting and vision boarding, and planning meals and fitness in a fun way. Attendees were encouraged to sign up for a free consultation hour to discuss applying the transformation tools.
The document discusses taking charge of one's own happiness. It explains that while we may want to make others happy, we ultimately do not have control over their emotions and trying to control others' happiness can make us unhappy. It recommends focusing instead on our own happiness and letting that positively influence others. The document introduces neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) as a method to gain control over one's emotions and achieve goals using principles like knowing your desired outcome, taking actions consistent with that outcome, developing sensory awareness, practicing flexibility, and adopting a physiology of success. NLP teaches strategies to consistently produce desired results in life.
The document discusses the three ways that anxiety affects people: physically, emotionally, and in their thinking patterns. It explains techniques for addressing each area, including relaxation methods, mindfulness meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy, and hypnotherapy. Hypnosis is highlighted as a particularly useful tool for treating anxiety through relaxation, motivation, practicing new behaviors, and visualization of an anxiety-free future. The document concludes by offering a free consultation to discuss hypnotherapy treatment options.
Colleen Crowley explains how she incorporates different dimensions of wellness into her life in a January 2014 presentation. She works out 3-5 times a week and eats healthy foods to maintain her physical health. Socially, she spends time with friends who make her happy. Intellectually, she plans to get back into puzzles and read for fun. Emotionally, working out helps relieve her stress, and she walks outside when weather permits. Spiritually, she thinks about her daily plans and goals. For occupational wellness, she aims to get to know coworkers better and concentrate more on schoolwork.
The document provides tips and information on improving memory and brainpower. It discusses that memory involves sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory. It emphasizes the importance of lifelong learning, exercising the brain through activities like reading, learning a new language, puzzles and being social. Eating healthy foods like fish and avoiding sugar can also boost brainpower. The key is challenging the mind and keeping the brain active through old age.
The document outlines several techniques to improve well-being: meditating to set a calm tone and boost focus/energy; using affirmations and self-talk with positive messages; visualizing desired futures; exercising for physical/mental benefits; reading positive books for stimulation and skills; scribing to organize thoughts and set goals; and loving yourself with compliments.
This document discusses the importance of brain gym for children's learning. It explains that brain gym is a set of simple movements developed in the 1970s to stimulate the whole brain and enhance learning. The 26 physical activities are designed to integrate body and mind and develop skills like concentration, memory, reading, writing and listening. Some example exercises provided are touching points above the eyes to close eyes and breathe slowly. The conclusion states it is important for teachers to give children fun, complete learning opportunities using their imagination and body to relax and learn.
Meditation is a practice to train attention and awareness to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state. It aims to reduce stress and anxiety while increasing peace, self-concept, and well-being. The document discusses different meditation techniques, including body scan meditation. For body scan meditation, the most difficult part was forgetting thoughts, but once focused on the body it was easy. All worries disappeared and the person felt relaxed. Regular meditation can benefit mental health.
Brain Gym is a series of physical exercises that can enhance learning abilities and skills in students. It includes movements that develop both hemispheres of the brain and sensory-motor coordination, improving communication and learning processing. Some key exercises improve concentration, memory, reading, writing, listening and speaking abilities. Brain Gym is important for the learning process as it allows students to learn faster and easier, be more focused and organized, and overcome learning challenges.
This document discusses mindfulness, thought records, and sensory diets. It provides guidance on mindfulness techniques like mindful breathing exercises, mindful eating, progressive muscle relaxation, visualization relaxation, and loving-kindness meditation. It also includes templates for a thought record sheet and explains that a sensory diet incorporates strategic sensory activities to help a person interact adaptively with their environment.
The document discusses how maintaining good vision can help improve memory. It recommends relaxing the eyes through positive thoughts in order to reduce strain and stress. A memory exercise is described where one holds the image of a letter in their mind as long as possible with each eye, and relaxing is said to improve the results. Focusing on positive memories and events before bed is suggested to relax the mind and eyes and improve sleep quality. In conclusion, reducing eye strain is said to not only improve vision but memory as well.
This document discusses balancing happiness in life through self-care of the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual aspects. It recommends taking time for intellectual growth through meeting people and reading. Emotional health involves treating yourself and finding people to share with. Spiritual health requires taking personal time and using the subconscious mind, which is a source of positive energy, wisdom, and answers. The document suggests kinesiology tests to examine inner beliefs and unlock subconscious answers regarding love, life, mother's love, and success.
This Haiku Deck presentation contains 5 photos from different photographers on topics that are not described in the document. It concludes by inviting the viewer to create their own Haiku Deck presentation on SlideShare.
This document is a Haiku Deck presentation that contains photos credited to various photographers and encourages the viewer to get inspired and create their own Haiku Deck presentation on SlideShare. The presentation contains 12 photos from different photographers and ends by prompting the viewer to get started making their own presentation.
Blended learning is a mixture of traditional learning and new technologies. Students construct their own knowledge by working in groups and discovering information.
Time Management for the Productivity ChallengedPhillip Smith
This document discusses time management strategies for improving productivity. It addresses topics like using the 80/20 rule to focus on the most important tasks, multitasking less and focusing on one task at a time, checking email only a few times a day, eliminating unnecessary meetings, finding a workflow rhythm, and maintaining a balance between work and personal life. The overall message is that effective time management is key to project success and reduced stress.
The document discusses time management and its effect on productivity. It defines time management as analyzing how time is spent and prioritizing tasks to maximize efficiency. It recommends setting goals, prioritizing tasks from most to least important, and scheduling blocks of uninterrupted time to focus on one task at a time to avoid distractions. Properly managing time through prioritization and focus can increase productivity by allowing more tasks to be completed in less time and freeing up more time in one's schedule.
The document discusses emerging technologies that could transform education, including flipped classrooms, BYOD, apps, tablets, gamification, learning analytics, personal learning environments, augmented reality, and immersive learning. These technologies may shift education from teacher-centered to student-centered, enable personalized and collaborative learning, and support learning anywhere and anytime through connected devices and digital content. The document also addresses potential benefits like active engagement, meaningful goals, problem solving, and critical thinking, as well as challenges around adoption and ensuring digital literacy beyond just tools.
El documento presenta una presentación de diapositivas de Angel Medinilla sobre mejora continua (kaizen) en entornos ágiles. La presentación discute la importancia de la cultura kaizen, las dimensiones del proceso de mejora como proceso, producto y personas, y el proceso de retrospectivas para mejorar continuamente.
How to make a presentation like Steve JobsHeyday ApS
Steve Jobs was a masterful presenter who rehearsed extensively and incorporated multimedia, demonstrations, guest speakers, and enthusiasm to keep audiences engaged. He provided context for numbers, outlined the structure of the presentation, set the theme to hint at announcements, and built up to unforgettable moments like revealing the ultra-thin MacBook Air could fit in an envelope. Jobs focused on benefits rather than features and kept slides visually simple rather than text-heavy.
Social Trends & Data - Jan Rezab at Engage Prague 2016 Jan Rezab
Jan talking about social media and showing how it impacts current media, brands, and general business ecosystem.
Jan dives also into social messaging bots.
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ABOUT THE TRAINING PROGRAM :-
Kaizen is a system of continuous improvement in quality, technology, processes, company culture, productivity, safety and leadership. Kaizen was created in Japan following World War II. It comes from the Japanese words (“Kai”) which mean "change" and ("Zen") which means "good". Kaizen provides a foundation for exceeding goals, expectations and improving overall company performance.
DESIGNED FOR :-
Sr. Engineer, Engineer, Supervisor and Foreman engaged in maintenance, operation, Store, Supply chain, Quality, Safety and Engineering activities.
OBJECTIVE :-
At the conclusion of the training each Participates will be able to:-
Reduce work place stress
Increase team contribution to the company's "bottom line.
Continuous improvements in PQCDSM parameters.
Increase speed, improve quality and reduce non-value-added costs.
Creating a fun working environment
Giving a presentation? It’s your job to keep people’s attention, but in our world of consistent sensory input, that’s becoming increasingly difficult to do. Winning over the hearts and minds of a distracted audience requires a killer presentation that makes both eyes and ears perk. Incorporate these elements in every PowerPoint presentation you create to make people forget about their email inbox and incoming texts for five minutes.
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The Training is a 1 day course covering impartation knowledge of Kaizen and its associated Tools and; -application of Lean concepts to lead Kaizen Workshop/s with Innovation Projects for Change in a World Class Manufacturing Environment.
This training aims to impart a systematic review on all the critical aspects of Lean use to; lead Kaizen workshop and presentation using Standardize Kaizen form and methodology with;
Innovation to be competitive in the Global Business Environment.
COURSE CONTENT
Kaizen, its definition and Principles
Kaizen definition, Innovation Definition
Kaizen vs Innovation
Characteristics of a Lean Factory
Cellular Factory Layout
Multi-skilled Operators
6S and Visual Control
Kanban and Supermarkets
Rapid Changeover
Total Quality Approach
Right-sized, flexible equipment
Water Strider
Moving Production Lines
Total Productive Maintenance
Continuous Improvement
The 3 Pillars of Kaizen
1. 6S (5+1S) Housekeeping
2. Waste Elimination
- Types of Waste CLOSEDMITT
- Valued-added vs Non-value
added
3. Standard Operation
Three factors that accounts the 3 Pillars Activities.
1. Visual management,
2. The role of the supervisor,
3. Importance of training and
creating a learning
organization.
Innovation & Workshop Projects
Types of Innovation in Kaizen. Why Innovation?
Degree of Innovation-the act of creating new products,
processes, ideas, etc...
Examples of Types of Innovation
Innovating Process using Typical Kaizen concepts (Lean
methods)
Phase 1: Pre-Planning for Innovation
Phase 2: Execution - Innovation Week
Role of Leader, Facilitator, Participant in Innovation
Projects
Innovation Projects Implementation using Kaizen Forms for:
Daily and Weekly Report Outs
Follow-up for further Innovation
The document discusses using A3 problem solving and kaizen (continuous improvement) methods to drive organizational change. It describes implementing kaizen memos to celebrate small improvements. Problems were analyzed using A3 thinking, with targets set and countermeasures identified and tracked. Leadership was turned "upside down" by having managers solve problems using coaching and A3 thinking. This drove significant improvements like reducing rework lead times from 14.6 to 5 days. The approach spread laterally through communities of practice and helped transform organizations.
The document discusses concepts related to continuous improvement methods Kaizen and Six Sigma. It defines Kaizen as ongoing improvement involving everyone, and describes its focus on productivity, quality culture and process-oriented approaches. Six Sigma aims for 3.4 defects per million opportunities through reducing variation and defects in processes. The methodology involves defining problems, measuring current performance, analyzing causes of variation, improving processes and controlling performance.
16 Inspirational Quotes From the Late, Great Steve JobsHubSpot
This document contains 16 quotes from Steve Jobs over his four decade career. Some of the key ideas expressed are that simple designs can be harder to achieve than complex ones; quality should take priority over quantity; and that people often don't know what they want until you show it to them. The quotes provide insights into Jobs' views on innovation, business, and living a fulfilling life through work one is passionate about.
Eliminate your fear, anxiety and worry with ease!!!Kimberly Reid
The document provides tips for eliminating fear, anxiety, and worry, including deep breathing exercises, relaxation techniques like massage and yoga, keeping busy with hobbies, visualization, and taking positive action. It is authored by Kimberly Reid, who is a fear elimination coach that helps clients transform fear through techniques like neuro-linguistic programming and hypnotherapy.
The document provides an overview of a presentation on spontaneous meditation techniques. It discusses benefits like increased focus, creativity, and productivity. It then teaches two meditation techniques - one focusing on breath during stops or breaks, and another focusing on listening to sounds without labeling them. The presentation aims to demonstrate simple meditation practices that can be done anywhere without props to help manage stress and think more clearly.
Objectives
Define mindfulness
Discuss how mindfulness can be beneficial
Differentiate it from meditation
Explore the concepts of mindfulness
Identify Mindfulness Activities
Time Out - A beginners guide to meditation for self careAndrea Fortuin
This document provides an introduction to meditation for beginners. It defines meditation, discusses who should meditate and why. It offers tips on when and where to meditate, and describes various meditation techniques including breathing, mantra, gazing, sound, and mindfulness meditation. The document emphasizes developing a regular meditation practice and notes that it may take time to overcome challenges like a busy "monkey mind." It encourages experimenting to find techniques that work best for the individual.
Ohm Shanti
Meditation Trainers
Participants Guide
Table of Contents
Introduction to Meditation………………………….. Page 3
History of Meditation………………… ……………… Page 4-5
Learning Objectives……………………………………... Page 6
Training Plan……………………………………….……….. Page 7-8
Task Analysis……………………………………….……… Page 9-11
General Outline…………………………………………… Page 12
Post Survey………………………………………………….. Page 13
Introduction to Meditation
Have you ever wanted to escape the outside world for just a few minutes? By mastering the art of meditation, you will be able to do that anywhere! Meditation helps with a wide variety of things, from keeping you stress free to helping your bodies immune system. It has the ability to make you AND those around you happier and will also make you feel more connected. Meditation not only helps our mind, but can also reduce aging and improve metabolism, which will help some lose weight. Another proven benefit of meditation is increased memory and attention span.
History of Meditation
Meditation dates back to prehistoric origins confirmed by early religious contexts. We see some of the earliest written records of meditation from Vedantism which comes from Hindu traditions around 1500 BCE. The English word “meditation” stems from meditatum, a Latin term meaning “to ponder.” Although we can’t know when, exactly, people began to meditate, experts agree that the practice probably began many thousands of years ago, before the birth of modern civilization as we know it. If scholars look to establish the origins of meditation, they first have to decipher ancient texts and recorded hieroglyphs to find references to this discipline. Several archaeological findings suggest that hunter-gatherers were participants of some forms of meditation, as were early shamans. Their knowledge was passed down orally from one generation to the next, helping to lay the important foundations of modern meditation. It can be difficult to pin down the origins of meditation because there are so many practices that fall under the “meditation” umbrella. Is it mindfulness? Contemplation? Communion? Chanting? Trance?
Although many forms of meditation can be found in ancient religious traditions around the world, the practice as a component of a spiritual journey is probably most closely associated with Buddhism. The Buddha, who lived and taught in Southeast Asia about 2600 years ago, founded a path that inspired generations of participants to sit in mindful awareness and breathe their way to lasting peace. According to his teachings, meditative concentration is one of three trainings that when practiced together result in awakening, or enlightenment. The other two are proper ethical conduct and the wisdom of seeing things as they really are.
Men and women who gained insight and wisdom by putting the Buddha’s teachings into practice taught others. Seekers would travel to learn from great teachers who often lived in cultures far removed from their own, then bring th.
Why Meditation? - Meditation can positively impact
mental and physical health. Self-compassion
Self-compassion: Give attention and respect to yourself and your feeling.
Mood: Meditation can improve key components of mood, including
happiness, and irritability.
Sleep: Meditation helps you to relax your body and reduce
stress, That helps to improve sleep quality
Five-Minute Mindfulness: Two Power Practices For LeadersChristine Comaford
When leaders take the time to step away from the chaos and go within, they not only increase brain matter, they also reduce stress and anxiety. That translates to improved clarity and focus, greater decision-making capabilities, higher concentration, and more presence.
And these are the things great leaders are made of!
In this presentation, you'll receive to powerful mindfulness practices that you can start using now to start seeing results in as little as five minutes a day.
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Workshop 6/6. In this final workshop we explore how to set SMART goals for Stress reduction. Participants answer questions to look at the best methods or techniques for them to reduce stress, and prioritise them. SMART goals and their use is explained. Using an example participants then create their own smart goals based on their preferred method of stress reduction. Participants end the class with a full awareness of Stress, strategies and techniques for combating stress and the ability to create SMART goals.
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An Educational and Interactive Guide to Caring for YourselfAbigailCaldwell3
This handmade guide to self-care educates readers on the the importance of routine self care and encourages regular practice. It provides informed knowledge about the benefits of self-care, useful tips and ideas to practice, and an interactive log that promotes hands-on activity. It was originally created to encourage healthy personal habits for team members at the UGA C.A.R.E. lab who work directly with need-based clients; however, the guide is beneficial to all readers.
The document provides 16 tips for getting motivated when feeling in a slump. Some of the key tips include starting with just one goal and focusing completely on it, finding inspiration from others' success stories, building anticipation by setting a start date in the future, thinking daily about the benefits of achieving the goal rather than the difficulties, and squashing negative thoughts and replacing them with positive thoughts. The overall message is that small, incremental steps can help break out of a motivational slump.
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This document provides an introduction and first chapter from a book about exercises for the soul. The introduction discusses how people often neglect exercising their souls and lose touch with what is meaningful. It encourages the reader to use the book as a guide to enhance their ability to live and love with enthusiasm.
The first chapter focuses on improving attitude. It discusses how maintaining a positive attitude can increase happiness and fulfillment. Two exercises are provided - making a gratitude list of things one is grateful for, and creating positive affirmations to replace negative thoughts. Regular practice of these exercises can strengthen one's outlook.
Mindfulness for Mental Health Lesson Presentation.pptErlenaMirador1
This document discusses teaching children about mindfulness. It begins by asking students what mindfulness means and whether it is easy to pay attention. It then explains that mindfulness is a practice of paying attention to one's thoughts and feelings without judgment. It suggests mindfulness can help people understand and manage difficult emotions. Students practice a mindfulness meditation and thought labeling exercise where they write thoughts on "thought clouds" and release them. They then reflect on their experiences practicing mindfulness. The document emphasizes that mindfulness can help settle the mind and positively impact mental health.
The document discusses how relaxation techniques like deep belly breathing can help people in stressful day-to-day situations. It notes that while many people are taught relaxation in school, they do not use it in everyday life where it could be beneficial. The document then provides instructions for a deep breathing relaxation exercise one can do discreetly in moments of stress or anger. It encourages practicing this exercise regularly to form the habit, and employing it in common frustrating situations like lines or traffic to stay calm.
This document outlines a 9-session mindfulness wellbeing workshop. The workshop introduces mindfulness practices like attention and awareness of the present moment. It defines mindfulness as non-judgemental focus and attention on the here and now. Sessions cover topics such as automaticity, acceptance, compassion, and integrating mindfulness into healthy choices. Participants are encouraged to practice mindfulness exercises like the body scan daily to cultivate awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps you become aware of what you need emotionally, mentally, physically, environmentally and spiritually in the moment. By becoming more aware of our needs instead of ignoring them we can respond early and prevent more troublesome issues.
The document discusses the importance of health and wellness professionals developing themselves physically, psychologically, and spiritually. It recommends that professionals see their work as serving others rather than financial gain. The document provides suggestions for professionals to foster their own wellness, such as meditation, yoga, and exercise. It emphasizes the importance of practicing what they preach to clients. The author assesses their own wellness, sets goals, and identifies strategies to foster growth in each domain over the next six months, including keeping a journal to track progress.
When we meditate, we inject far-reaching and long-lasting benefits into our lives: We lower our stress levels, we get to know our pain, we connect better, we improve our focus, and we're kinder to ourselves. Let us walk you through the basics in our new mindful guide on how to meditate.
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Best Digital Marketing Strategy Build Your Online Presence 2024.pptxpavankumarpayexelsol
This presentation provides a comprehensive guide to the best digital marketing strategies for 2024, focusing on enhancing your online presence. Key topics include understanding and targeting your audience, building a user-friendly and mobile-responsive website, leveraging the power of social media platforms, optimizing content for search engines, and using email marketing to foster direct engagement. By adopting these strategies, you can increase brand visibility, drive traffic, generate leads, and ultimately boost sales, ensuring your business thrives in the competitive digital landscape.
Explore the essential graphic design tools and software that can elevate your creative projects. Discover industry favorites and innovative solutions for stunning design results.
Architectural and constructions management experience since 2003 including 18 years located in UAE.
Coordinate and oversee all technical activities relating to architectural and construction projects,
including directing the design team, reviewing drafts and computer models, and approving design
changes.
Organize and typically develop, and review building plans, ensuring that a project meets all safety and
environmental standards.
Prepare feasibility studies, construction contracts, and tender documents with specifications and
tender analyses.
Consulting with clients, work on formulating equipment and labor cost estimates, ensuring a project
meets environmental, safety, structural, zoning, and aesthetic standards.
Monitoring the progress of a project to assess whether or not it is in compliance with building plans
and project deadlines.
Attention to detail, exceptional time management, and strong problem-solving and communication
skills are required for this role.
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Slides used for the International Upcycling Research Network advisory board 4 (last one). The project is based at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Discovering the Best Indian Architects A Spotlight on Design Forum Internatio...Designforuminternational
India’s architectural landscape is a vibrant tapestry that weaves together the country's rich cultural heritage and its modern aspirations. From majestic historical structures to cutting-edge contemporary designs, the work of Indian architects is celebrated worldwide. Among the many firms shaping this dynamic field, Design Forum International stands out as a leader in innovative and sustainable architecture. This blog explores some of the best Indian architects, highlighting their contributions and showcasing the most famous architects in India.
2. Information is everywhere, coming
from every imaginable source.
I realized I was filling my brain with
lots of (mostly useless) things.
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3. I stretch my body with yoga.
So I asked myself...
What am I doing to stretch
my mind?
4. I decided to put a plan in place
to create new habits
and stretch my mind on a daily
basis with fun new activities.
5. Meditate
I have been meditating daily now for
a few months.
I find calm, peace and clarity during
the meditation. As a result,
I am able to think creatively
and solve complex issues.
6. Learn something
new everyday
Each day I set aside 15 minutes
to learn something new. I keep up with
market trends, read the latest social media
or SEO techniques, watch a TED Talk, or
review a tutorial.
7. Dance
Although you won't find me on
Dancing with the Stars, I love to dance
at least 4 times a week. Remembering
all the various dance steps actually
helps me both mentally and physically.
8. Journaling
I use the Day One App several
times a week. I write a recap of
the previous few days and then
attach an image that sums up my
thoughts and feelings.
9. New challenge
I plan to continually challenge
myself, so next on my list
is to learn a new language.
I plan on using the Duolingo App
to help improve and expand
my Spanish vocabulary.
10. How do you stretch your mind?
Please share your tips.
?
Katty Douraghy -‐
President at Artisan Creative