Sharon Salzberg

Real Happiness at Work

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Real Happiness at Work brings the profound benefits of meditation to an area where people could use it most—the workplace. And it’s written by one of the world’s leading meditation teachers.A follow-up to Real Happiness, the New York Times bestseller, Sharon Salzberg’s Real Happiness at Work is a practical guide to improving work life through mindfulness, compassion, and ingenuity. It’s about being committed without being consumed, competitive without being cruel, managing time and emotions to counterbalance stress and frustration. It shows readers how to be more creative, organized, and accomplished in order to do better, more productive work.Dividing the idea of workplace satisfaction into eight pillars, Real Happiness at Work is filled with secular wisdom; core meditations on broad themes like motivation, awareness, and seeing the good in others; and more than a dozen exercises, including Moving From Me to We and When Things Go Wrong. Sprinkled throughout the book are short “stealth” meditations, the kind that are quick, private, and doable anywhere—“Let the phone ring three times, follow your breath, then pick it up” and “For an upcoming one-on-one conversation, resolve to listen more and speak less.”Even the best jobs are filled with stress, tough deadlines, impatient bosses, seemingly endless meetings—all the ills of harried life. But as science increasingly shows, meditation is the antidote.
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  • Анна Подобнаяhas quoted5 years ago
    What does it mean to be mindful in the workplace?
    A To be mindful is to be more aware, in the moment, of our experience; to be more present and more open. Though we might fear this state of mind would hinder our ability to get things done, the opposite is true. To return to focus from reverie, to cultivate the ability to begin again after an error, to have a way to not be so lost in anxiety and misinterpretation, to be able to listen deeply—these are all aspects of mindfulness, and they can all enhance the creativity, refinement, and production of our work. Also, people who are mindful are often the ones who laugh more often and more easily.
  • Анна Подобнаяhas quoted5 years ago
    Taste the tea; what flavor do you detect? Notice any leaf bits on your tongue, the sensation of swallowing, the warmth traveling the length of your throat. Feel your breath against the cup creating a tiny cloud of steam. Feel yourself put the cup down. Focus on each separate step in the drinking of tea.
  • Анна Подобнаяhas quoted5 years ago
    Listen to the tone of your mental noting. Here’s one way to tell whether you’re doing that: If it’s harsh or tense: Jealousy, jealousy! Again! Then make an effort to note more gently: Jealousy—I know you. I know how you operate. Forgive me if I chose to ignore you just now . . .

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