Mindfulness at Work

Roberta de Oliveira

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1. Mindfulness at work
3. Attention training Practicing attention training on the long run changes your quality of perception - you start seeing things more clearly. In addition, you develop the ability to calm yourself down on demand by focusing on your breath or an object for example.
4. ± resolution ± vividness (brightness and contrast)
5. Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally. And then I sometimes add, in the service of self-understanding and wisdom." Mindfulness Jon Kabat-Zinn is a professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
6. Past Future
7. Mindfulness is not about attempting to give meaning to something, is about paying attention to this moment. Notice your surroundings Turn off your automatic pilot and remember that you are around people - each one of them with an unique humor and spirit. Being sensitive to what is around you is incredible. Contexts change and you have the power to notice these changes and adjust accordingly (voice tone, posture, etc.). Now
8. How our mind works
9. The day that I remembered that today exists
10. The raisin exercise
11. Mindfulness at work
12. Hot tips BE CONSCIOUSLY PRESENT Pay attention even to the most ordinary activities like opening doors or breathing LOVING KINDNESS I want this person to be happy =] HUMAN SIMILARITY Every person wants to be happy, just like me. Every person wants to be free from suffering, just like me
13. Hot tips USE REMINDERS A note, a picture, an alarm in your phone or a note in your calendar to remind you to be mindful USE SHORT MINDFULNESS EXERCISES Connect with your feelings even if it is for a short period of time
14. Hot tips ADOPT A GROWTH MINDSET Being open to new possibilities. Physics of the quest ACCEPT WHAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE Accept the present moment as is GRATITUDE The antidote to our negativity bias
15. Last but not least
16. Loving yourself is the greatest revolution
17. References Headspace Mindful.org Happify Search Inside Yourself Chade-Meng Tan : SIY : Talk at Google Pinterest board: Mindfulness Ted Talk: 10 mindful minutes The Practice of Mindfulness The art of stillness Center for Mindfulness As nove atitudes