Episode #164 // Bringing Mindfulness to Your Work with Leah Weiss

February 20, 2018
"The ability to focus our attention and turn it back to the task at hand is highly trainable."
- Leah Weiss

Bosses, today we’re focusing on bringing more mindfulness to your work. Leah Weiss, lecturer, researcher, and meditation expert at Stanford Business School, joins us today to talk about the importance of building relationships in the workspace and bringing mindfulness to what you do—beyond just sitting in meditative silence.

I think we get into trouble as individuals and organizations when we lose track of our purpose. Click To Tweet A little bit of silence can go a really long way. Click To Tweet The more we work, the more we're going to get done—that's not true after a point. Click To Tweet The ability to focus our attention and turn it back to the task at hand is highly trainable. Click To Tweet

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Drawing the line between professional and personal in work relationships
  • Practicing mindfulness and meditation
  • Working vs. getting stuff done
  • How can you work some mindfulness into your life that isn't just sitting in silent meditation
  • The effects of bringing mindfulness to your work
  • Redefining success in a wholehearted way

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