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Being mindful in our responses ensures integrity in our interactions. Absence of mindfulness will raise the likelihood of emotional reactions.
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There is a big difference between responding and reacting, and mindfulness can help us focus more on being more responsive in a thoughtful and centered way. The four steps outlined may help us tackle this in meetings and in life. 
Angie Mc's curator insight,
March 19, 6:22 PM
"There may be a slight difference between the words react and respond. Yet, in practice, there seems to be a gulf of difference."
Practicing emotional and physical discipline helps one to respond, to be responsible. When one is depleted, it is easier to feel a victim to outside circumstances. Delete the scoop?
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Fast Company 
John Michel's curator insight,
June 9, 7:14 PM
Emotions are woven into all decision-making processes in many ways in which we are not conscious. Leaders who see themselves as making decisions in a purely rational manner could be setting themselves--and their organizations--up for potential disaster because they may end up believing that they are right when they are wrong. However, you can gain control over some of these emotions by becoming more aware of their source and more analytical and fact-based in your approach. And you’ll feel a lot surer in your gut. 
Philippe Vallat's curator insight,
June 10, 10:14 AM
Just beware that intuition is the true intuition, and not the intuition of experts (or System 1 according to Kahneman) 
James Aird's curator insight,
June 11, 4:53 AM
Good tip: "Have a pre-mortem. Imagine you have made a decision and it’s failed. Delete the scoop?
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I’m trying to focus on my breathing, but a story assignment keeps bubbling up into my thoughts.
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Great advice.... walk, mediate, breathe... reduce our stress and refocus our attention to what matters most. 
Jenny Ebermann's curator insight,
May 27, 7:06 AM
There are many easy and simple ways allowing mediation (informally) to be included in our daily lives. Everybody can do it :-) Delete the scoop?
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News, style and advice for professional women through the filter of success (Looking for a way to be more attentive and fully present all aspects of your life? Via Brenda Bentley, Emma Sue Prince Delete the scoop?
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Cheers to America's new push-up for the brain! With all the scientific evidence coming in over the years, meditation is now becoming a practice that anyone from any walk of life can embrace.
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Meditation - push-ups for the brain! A great way to think about mediatation and mindfulness. This article highlights some wonderful across-the-board benefits. Delete the scoop?
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Wherever you are in your journey is a starting point. Whoever or whatever it is you're chasing, slow down. Delete the scoop?
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Peg Gillard's curator insight,
April 13, 8:19 PM
Just be and savor the moment, the breath, the heartbeat. It is all you have. Delete the scoop?
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How to be the boss of your brain, rather than letting it master you
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An excellent six step way to embrace your thoughts and your being to be a better leader, mindfully. Delete the scoop?
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A new study finds that mindfulness may help improve short-term memory, reduce mind-wandering, and boost your GREs.
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Timeless practices gain traction in today's modern world. We need to embrace practices that produce results - young and old. Delete the scoop?
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The Drucker School of Management and Wharton Business School both offer courses in mindfulness meditation. Virginia Tech is sponsoring "contemplative practices for a technological society," a conference for engineers who integrate contemplative disciplines into their work. Google offers courses in meditation and yoga
Aetna, Merck, General Mills--the list goes on--all are exploring how meditation can help their leaders and employees agilely thrive in today's fast-paced business environment. And the benefits are widely publicized: sustained attention span, improved multi-tasking abilities, strengthened immune system, increased emotional intelligence, improved listening skills...And there is science behind such claims. Via Pamir Kiciman 
Jem Muldoon's curator insight,
February 15, 4:15 PM
When top business schools highlight the importance of mindfulness with courses for future leaders, we now have precedence for including it in educational leadership training. 
Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight,
February 15, 7:01 PM
I like the ideas that mindfulness is combined with Peter Drucker's work and that large companies are looking at meditation as something that will benefit employees. 
Lauran Star's curator insight,
March 19, 11:43 AM
What really happens when we meditate? How can such a simple act of sitting still actually cultivate agile, talented leaders? Read this article to learn more. Delete the scoop?
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Wisdom 2.0 sparked many new thoughts on leadership and the role mindfulness can play in renewing purpose and direction.
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This was my first time to Wisdom 2.0 and it was a great experience, learning a lot and being inspired. Here are six things I learned.... it is just the beginning though! Delete the scoop?
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Practicing Mindful Leadership
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A good overview of the basics of mindfulness and the value to leaders. Includes resources to explore at the end of the article. Delete the scoop?
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Technology may make it easier to communicate electronically, but more difficult to do so emotionally.
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An essential perspective on taking the least traveled communcation path.... 
donhornsby's curator insight,
June 10, 8:05 AM
An insightful piece on how technology is changing how we are connecting with others.
(From the article): It is harder to intervene than not to, but it is vastly harder to choose to do either than to retreat into the scrolling names of one’s contact list, or whatever one’s favorite iDistraction happens to be. Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat. The phone didn’t make me avoid the human connection, but it did make ignoring her easier in that moment, and more likely, by comfortably encouraging me to forget my choice to do so. My daily use of technological communication has been shaping me into someone more likely to forget others. The flow of water carves rock, a little bit at a time. And our personhood is carved, too, by the flow of our habits.
John Michel's curator insight,
June 10, 8:59 AM
We live in a world made up more of story than stuff. We are creatures of memory more than reminders, of love more than likes. Being attentive to the needs of others might not be the point of life, but it is the work of life. It can be messy, and painful, and almost impossibly difficult. But it is not something we give. It is what we get in exchange for having to die. Delete the scoop?
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Descartes, father of modern philosophy, pointed to both the distinguishing characteristic of human beings and to the biggest curse of human beings when he made his famous statement, "I think. Delete the scoop?
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Perception, Reaction & Mindfulness PsychCentral.com (blog) I start by saying something poignant like “It's being aware and in the present moment” or “It's about allowing each experience to wash over us like a cool spring rain, without attachment or...
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"One man’s trash is definitely another man’s treasure. That is the essence of mindfulness: living mindfully, fully aware, fully present and actively knowing that whatever your situation is, it is merely that, a situation. It does not define you, unless you allow it to." Delete the scoop?
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Ray Dalio, Marc Benioff, and more.
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Leadership and meditation go well together! Delete the scoop?
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Cheers to America's new push-up for the brain! With all the scientific evidence coming in over the years, meditation is now becoming a practice that anyone from any walk of life can embrace.
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Meditation - push-ups for the brain! A great way to think about mediatation and mindfulness. This article highlights some wonderful across-the-board benefits. Delete the scoop?
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Discover A Better Way of Working with this blog, by Tony Schwartz and The Energy Project, which provides ideas, tips, strategies and more.
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I believe disconnecting is even more essential in today ultra-connected world, and disconnection will become the next new, new thing to do in the years ahead. Mindfulness will be one of the key practices to really boom in this effort. Delete the scoop?
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Lynda Klau, Ph.D. 0Undeniably, sooner or later, we all have to deal with life’s realities—those hard surprises and “unknowns” that can liter...
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Finding our reflective center aids our resilience and mindfulness facilitates this process. "There are many ways to incorporate mindfulness into our daily lives. As we become increasingly mindful, we can begin to respond from a place of freedom and choice. In other words, we can act with resilience." Delete the scoop?
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Talent Management: It's all in Your Mind Delete the scoop?
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Misconceptions surround the practice of mindfulness, which is part meditation and part a greater awareness of the things around you.
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Solid overview of mindfulness. It is not a pancea, but it can help us in our everyday work and opportunities. Delete the scoop?
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If you feel stressed today why not try these 6 mindfulness exercises and release attachment and aversion… (6 Mindfulness Exercises You Can Try Today http://t.co/lG6VmGKSi2 #mindfulness #meditation)... Via Joanna Boj 
The BioSync Team's curator insight,
March 12, 11:53 PM
The more observant you are, the more present and mindful you become!
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March 15, 11:18 AM
My "go to" self-care is the yogic breathing practice Pranayama.
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Doing nothing for 20 minutes a day actually increases your productivity.
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Simply staged: "Meditating daily will strengthen your willpower muscle. Your urges won't disappear, but you will be better equipped to manage them. And you will have experience that proves to you that the urge is only a suggestion. You are in control." Delete the scoop?
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