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Mindfulness at a Corporate Organisation
This document provides an overview of mindfulness, including what it is, how it benefits the brain and personal well-being, and how corporations are applying it. Mindfulness involves paying non-judgmental attention to the present moment and is not about meditation, slowing down, or being less serious. Practicing mindfulness can lower emotional reactivity and focus on self while improving focus and patterns of resilience. The document shares mindfulness exercises and tips for incorporating mindfulness into daily activities and work.
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- 2. What do youhope to get from today’s session?
- 3. What are you grateful for,and why? Share with someone in the group
- 4. Plan of thesession Interactive. Practical exercises. The benefit of living in the moment.
- 5. What is mindfulness? •Intentionally • Paying attention • Present moment • Friendliness (non-judging) • Curiosity • Patience • Acceptance
- 8. Mindfulness is not.. •Just about meditation • About sitting still with eyes closed • Airy-fairy new age • Religious • About making you soft • About slowing you down for no reason • Serious
- 9. How I gotinto mindfulness • Five minute mindfulness exercise – Mindfulness of Senses
- 10. Neuroscience of mindfulness •Discovery of Neuroplasticity • Olympic mindfulness practitioners research • Similar outcomes for people like us: – Lowers focus on self – Less emotional reactivity – Improved focus – Decreased grey-matter in amygdala – Increased patterns of wellbeing and resilience
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- 14. How are corporatesusing mindfulness? • Example: Google • Lectures by different speakers on mindfulness • New mindfulness course – Search Inside Yourself – combines mindfulness with Emotional intelligence training – Part of ‘Google University’
- 15. Chade-Meng Tan –Google’s Jolly Good Fellow
- 16. 10 second mindfulness- story Every hour ‘May you be happy’ wish for 10 seconds
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- 18. Myth of Multi-tasking •You’re not multi-tasking, you’re switching • 40% reduction in productivity • Driving and texting • Email notifications – IQ impact • On phone and checking email? • Stanford Research: “those who consider themselves to be great multitaskers are in fact the worst multitaskers. Those who rated themselves as chronic multitaskers made more mistakes, could remember fewer items, and took longer to complete a variety of focusing tasks analogous to multitasking”
- 19. Tips to reducemulti-tasking • Manage interruptions • Tech break • Complete one task before starting the next one • Do one thing at a time if possible. Emails. Then Report. Then phone calls. • Show up when with others. Switch off potential distractions or move away from them.
- 20. Three minute breathingspace exercise
- 21. Mindful listening exercise •Look • Listen • Let go of judgments and refocus • Mindful listening exercise in pairs – Q: What are you passionate about? – Q: What did you do on your last holiday? – Q: How did you end up working here?
- 22. Mindful presentations • Beforethe presentation – Energise and calm – Positive attitude • During the presentation – Manage your attention – Look and listen • After presentation – Recharge
- 23. Mindful body scanexercise
- 24. Tips for workingmindfully • Do one thing at a time, with full attention • Practice gratitude when you remember • Improve mind fitness by practicing the 3 minute mindful breathing space regularly
- 25. Making use ofyour book • Download the audio and put it on your phone • Start by reading Ch 1-3 fully • Then read bits that are relevant to you
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