An Excerpt from The Open-Air Life by Linda Åkeson Mcgurk Walks in nature and embracing friluftsliv—the Scandanavian art of year-round outdoor living—could be the key to happier, healthier workplaces. Workplace meetings are legion in Sweden, a country where organizations are flat, and consensus is prized. A friend of...
Read More◊ Recite these affirmations to help you through a time of professional transition or transformation. It’s normal to experience days when it’s challenging to go to work. (Or to inhabit your workspace if you work from home.) If, however, these feelings happen more often than not, it...
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg earned his first $1 million at 22, while Jack Ma only started using a computer in his 30s. Imagine that! Now they are both billionaires. Some successful careers begin in college, while others need more time. You never know when you will become...
Read More↓ And Other Ways to Mindfully Return to the Office Besides taking a lunch, holding meetings while walking and doing body scan meditation at your desk are two more examples of mindfully returning to the office. It’s no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic completely disrupted work style and...
Read More↓ Having a mindful lunch is not the same as eating lunch. A number of religious traditions promote the practice of pausing and reciting prayers at certain times of the day—typically morning, noon, and evening. I grew up in such a tradition, and I remember hearing the...
Read MoreAlchemista’s Christine Marcus on the lessons she’s learned ↓ Christine Marcus is the CEO and founder of food service company Alchemista. ♠ ↓ Christine Marcus didn’t take a straight shot to entrepreneurship. She grew up in a Coptic Orthodox Egyptian community in Texas, married young and followed a conservative career path...
Read MoreYou don't need to meditate every day to experience the benefits of mindfulness at work. Here are a few ways you can inject mindful moments into your day so you can de-stress and do your best. Mindfulness may seem like a great idea, but how do...
Read MoreMany leaders focus on having the right answers, but success is more about asking the right questions. The way we frame a situation can either open or shut down our ability to meet it effectively, creatively, and successfully. Let’s try an experiment. Ask yourself the...
Read MorePurposeful pauses allow us to be more fully present, and that presence is felt by those around us—it feels like respect, true collaboration, and caring. In a culture that increasingly asks you to move faster and do more to be effective, the idea that what you...
Read MoreWe can find more balance at work by noticing distractions in all their different forms, says Joe Burton. Open offices, long meetings, and continuous partial attention across multiple devices can turn the workplace into a site of stress and burnout. Joe Burton, founder of Whil and author of Creating Mindful Leaders: How to...
Read MoreWhen work life is overwhelming, we can get stuck in a loop of "busyness"—keeping the mind occupied with tasks to avoid work, which increases our stress levels. Explore these mindfulness tips to slow down so you can get more done. Perhaps you’re familiar with this experience:...
Read MoreAuthentic people live according to four practices that you can adopt in your daily life. ↓ “This above all: to thine own self be true.” — William Shakespeare Life is an amazing adventure. When you are being yourself, your best self, and doing work you love, time flies...
Read MoreWe are our own worst critic — and it could be holding us back in the workplace. Here are four ways to stop being so hard on ourselves and use simple moments during the day to wind down when we feel overwhelmed. ↓ ↓ When I talk to...
Read MoreHoning the skills that help you get along with others might be the best career move you can make. ↓ By Jae Ellard | February 10, 2018 ↓ ↓ Think of the people you most admire. What qualities do they have? It’s likely that character traits like being empathic, trustworthy, and a good listener,...
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