Category: Mindfulness
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Mindful Manager; Give me my crayons back! Why being creative outside work may help us at work.
When we enter kindergarten, we are given crayons and pencils and colorful paper and we are told to create. We are encouraged to imagine and experiment. By the time we enter high school, creative writing in English class is usually all that is left from mandatory art classes. By college, if you are not majoring…
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Silicon Valley’s war on Zen, Mindfulness and your Sanity; A reflection
Silicon Valley’s war on Zen, Mindfulness and your Sanity; A reflection The Battle between a constantly distracted life and mindful focus is raging on in our heads and most of are either losing the battle or unaware we are fighting for the wrong side. As I write this article, it is two hours into a…
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Book Review – Deep Work by Cal Newport. Improving Focus and Flow
Late last year a close mentor of mine recommended I read Deep Work by Cal Newport. As we ate lunch and I was complaining about feeling like I was always working yet not feeling like I was accomplishing anything or achieving flow. Even though I was always on top of my deliverables, there was an…