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Meditation –
The Gym for Your Mind
As business leaders, our focus and attention are our most valuable resources. Both are easily hijacked, and need to be protected and strengthened. Thankfully, our brains respond to exercise, just like our bodies.
Climbers and lamas in the Himalayas train their attention to become a laser-like focus instrument, enabling them to accomplish amazing feats. As a climber, I have trained my mind to be 100% focused on every move I make. Why? Because I don’t want to fall!
The stakes in business might not be life-or-death, but they’re often career-defining. And just like climbing, attention is your number one tool if you want to be a Peak Performer in the Storm.
FACTS:
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Attention can be trained and that training can be the superpower that make or breaks your career. It’s what separates the really successful CEOs.
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Training the mind is like training the body. It requires regular exercise.
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Meditation is the most powerful exercise for focus and attention.
Attention Management skills are what separates a small business owner from an entrepreneur launching the next Uber. These skills don’t come naturally, but are something you can develop.
Meditation forces us to focus on the most mundane things, such as our breathing. This “forced” attention is like a gym for our minds. It strengthens the mental muscles that give us the ability to focus.
SOLUTIONS:
Silence attention hijackers like push notifications and popup alerts.
Take 12 minutes to meditate every day.
Amishi Jha’s program is designed specifically for business leaders, but most kinds of meditation will work.
Make everyday tasks into mindfulness exercises.
For example, put down your phone during lunch and focus on the experience of eating.
“A Mediative practice is parallel to physical activity, engaging in a mindfulness practice is strengthening specific aspects of attention so that if we need them, we have access to that.”
- Amishi P. Jha,
Director of Contemplative Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology
at the University of Miami
