The document discusses the relevance of meditation as a tool for enhancing productivity, creativity, and collaboration in start-ups. It emphasizes the importance of mindfulness and self-awareness in business to adapt to change and manage stress effectively. John Bigay outlines practical steps for integrating meditation into daily life and overcoming common obstacles to practice.

1. presents
Meditation:
the Start-up’s Secret Weapon
JOHN BIGAY
@Jbigay

2. Meditation: The Startup’s Secret Weapon

3. Who am I?

4. John Bigay
about.me/johnbigay

5. Who are you?

6. Heresy

8. What does meditation have to do
with business, let alone start-ups?

9. What this is not.

13. What this is.

20. Productivity

21. Creativity

22. Collaboration

23. Leadership

24. Health

25. Focus

26. (Happiness)

27. Why tech start-ups?

28. ๏ Test, learn, optimize
๏ Learn by doing
๏ Find your own path
๏ Stay open
๏ Respond to what is actually happening

29. ๏ Adapt to change
๏ Manage stress
๏ Focus
๏ Collaborate
๏ Tune your most valuable instrument (you)

30. In other words...

31. Buddha was a geek

32. Developed a technology to
optimize the human condition

33. Mind hacking:
Disrupt + reprogram our mental o.s.*
*Vincent Horn, Buddhist Geeks

34. Really? How?

35. Neuroplasticity

36. 47%

37. Distracted = unproductive

38. Distracted = unfocused

39. Distracted = unhappy

40. Negativity bias

41. Emotional Intelligence
Self-awareness
Self-management
Social awareness
Ability to manage relationships

42. What is mindfulness?

43. Awareness.
On purpose.
Of the present moment.
Non-judgementally.

44. It’s a practice.

45. See how we are actually living

47. Changes our relationship to
experience itself.

48. Respond rather than react.

49. How do we do it?

50. Step 1: Awareness

51. Need to develop the clarity & stability of
mind to begin to see what is actually
going on.
Emotionally
Behaviorally
Externally

52. WARNING:
It ain’t pretty.

53. Why?
Our minds are a mess.

54. Let’s take a look

55. A few things to keep in mind…

56. ๏ If your mind wanders
๏ If you get bored
๏ If you think it’s stupid
๏ If you get pissed off…

57. You are not doing it wrong

58. Ready, set, go

59. What did you see?

60. OK, now what?

61. It’s not just on the cushion

62. Sitting
Standing
Walking
Lying Down

63. How much is enough?

64. Start with less than you think you
can do.
Then do it.

65. What gets in the way?

66. ๏ Desire
๏ Irritation
๏ Sloth & Torpor
๏ Restlessness
๏ Doubt

67. Where do I go from here?

68. ๏ Set the intention
๏ Make a commitment
๏ Do it together
๏ Bring it into your everyday life

69. Tools & resources

73. John Bigay
about.me/johnbigay
Thank you!

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