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One Second Ahead, 1st ed. 2015
Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness
Authors: Hougaard Rasmus, Carter Jacqueline, Coutts Gillian
Language: EnglishSubject for One Second Ahead:
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Foreword
Introduction
PART I: WORKPLACE TECHNIQUES
1. Mastering Your Mind - First Steps
1.1. Email
1.2. Meetings
1.3. Goals
1.4. Priorities
1.5. Planning
1.6. Communication
1.7. Creativity
1.8. Change
1.9. Mental Energy
1.10. Physical Energy and Activity
1.11. Performance Breaks
1.12. Sleep
1.13. Eating and Energy
1.14. Commuting
1.15. Emotional Balance
1.16. Work-Life Balance
PART II: MENTAL STRATEGIES
2. Presence
2.1. Patience
2.2. Kindness
2.3. Beginner '' ''s Mind
2.4. Acceptance
2.5. Joy
2.6. Balance
2.7. Letting Go
PART III: Foundational Practices
3. Training Sharp Focus
4. Training Open Awareness
5. Mastering Your Life - Next Steps
Appendix: Self-Directed Training Resources
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About The Potential Project
Index
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Jacqueline Carter has over 20 years of consulting and management experience helping organizations manage change and achieve results. She is passionate about helping individuals and organizations realize their potential through training the mind. She is a Partner of The Potential Project International and Director of The Potential Project North America. Her clients include Google, Sony, American Express, Royal Bank of Canada, and Suncor to name a few. Jacqueline is a contributor to The Huffington Post and has appeared on Channel News Asia Breakfast Television, as well as radio talk shows.
Gillian Coutts has over 20 years of experience as a leader and change agent in the sales and operations functions of large corporations. She has worked across a range of industries including retail, government, transport, oil and gas, and human services. Gillian is a Partner with The Potential Project Australia. Her clients include Yahoo!7, Telstra, BUPA, and large not-for-profit organizations. She also sits on a number of boards and regularly speaks on integrating mindfulness into leadership, work life, and - following her own wake-up call of cancer diagnosis and treatment - pr
In our crazy and complex work world full of high stress managers, workers need a way to do more than just get through the day, they need to find a way to clear the minds to make strong, thoughtful decisions
Companies such as Google; Facebook; Zappos are full of managers that are embracing this to help their employees do their jobs better and achieve a higher sense of satisfaction
The authors present on science and research to make their case that mindfulness at work is going to be a major factor at successful companies in the future