Welcoming the Workplace Cloud
John Arenas
View ArticleMulti-tasking has become embedded in the way we live and the way we work.
There’s the work we’re doing at our desks; a steady stream of texts, email alerts and reminders from our colleagues; and of course the realization toward the end of the workday that the transition to home life requires our attention.
The continuous task-saturation ultimately make us less efficient, less happy, and more stressed. And over time, that stress can become a problem for our productivity and health.
That’s where mindfulness comes in.
Mindfulness is, “the intentional, accepting and nonjudgemental focus of one’s attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment.”
In other words, mindfulness teaches us how to go from having one foot in the now and the other in a long list of external, persistent stresses to focusing all your energy on the task at hand.
You are at your professional best when your work has your full attention.
The workplace is filled with distractions — dissonance between different personalities and working styles, deadlines, expectations, and egos — and they deplete our time and energy, only to leave an air of negativity in their wake.
We lose up to 40% of our productivity to scattered thinking and working.
By shifting our focus to the present moment, mindfulness helps us stay focused, be a better leader, make decisions more clearly, diffuse high-stress situations, and makes aware of what triggers stress so we can develop a healthier response to it.
Every day, carve out 10 to 20 minutes to follow these tips adapted from The Buddha Walks into the Office:
Try these out and tag #SeekingSerendipity to let us know if you see an improvement in your work life.
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