Your business demands that you wear many hats and that you juggle them constantly. Juggling hats! You have to be aware of your options, prioritize tasks, and be reliable. How can you do all that? Regular practices help.
Managing in-boxes, planning the week ahead, tracking your finances - these are all jobs that can get boring or slip beneath your radar.
Creating a regular meditation practice is the best tool you have for keeping your business house in order, here's how:
Every day, for 7 days, sit for 5 minutes and concentrate on your breath. When you notice you have become distracted, by stray thoughts or emotions, acknowledge the distraction and return to your breath. This will attune you to focusing on simple tasks.
After a week of meditating, plan to work on something you normally find challenging right after your meditation. (I find this is a good time to track my finances.) While you work, remain in a meditative state, concentrating on steady breath and returning to the task at hand when you become distracted.
Soon, you will notice that your task has simply become a set of actions. Your commitment to the meditation becomes associated with your commitment to the work. I've noticed that when I meditate right before a task I no longer judge the task as hard or boring, it's simply what I'm doing right now.
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How Meditation Affects the Brain
Research on metaphysical practices has shown mixed results, from the rise and fall of prayer circles to the sudden loss of telepathic skills inside controlled environments. Exploring meditation's effects on human minds has yielded surprise as well.
"...my boyfriend, who had practiced mindfulness meditation for almost four years... had taken his own life last January, and so I wondered if mindfulness meditation was really for everyone...
Later, the woman sitting next to me handed me a folded piece of paper and said to me, “This isn’t from me; it’s from another women who just left.” On the front it read, “To a writer who will write a book I will read.” I opened the note from this mystery woman and read, “I came tonight thinking I would take my life. I won’t now because of you. Thank you.” [Amanda Coggin]
"...my boyfriend, who had practiced mindfulness meditation for almost four years... had taken his own life last January, and so I wondered if mindfulness meditation was really for everyone...
Later, the woman sitting next to me handed me a folded piece of paper and said to me, “This isn’t from me; it’s from another women who just left.” On the front it read, “To a writer who will write a book I will read.” I opened the note from this mystery woman and read, “I came tonight thinking I would take my life. I won’t now because of you. Thank you.” [Amanda Coggin]
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