Mindful Work
How Meditation Is Changing Business from the Inside Out
David Gelles
- A
- New
- York
- Times
- reporter
- reveals
- what
- business
- leaders
- around
- the
- country
- are
- already
- discovering:
- Meditation
- may
- be
- the
- key
- to
- fostering
- a
- happier,
- more
- productive
- workplace.For
- the
- past
- few
- years,
- mindfulness
- has
- begun
- to
- transform
- the
- American
- workplace.
- Many
- of
- our
- largest
- companies,
- such
- as
- General
- Mills,
- Ford,
- Target,
- and
- Google,
- have
- built
- extensive
- programs
- to
- foster
- mindful
- practices
- among
- their
- workers.
- Mindful
- Work
- is
- the
- first
- book
- to
- explain
- how
- all
- sorts
- of
- businesses
- and
- any
- kind
- of
- worker
- can
- benefit
- from
- meditation,
- yoga,
- and
- other
- mindful
- techniques.
- As
- a
- business
- reporter
- for
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- who
- has
- also
- practiced
- meditation
- for
- two
- decades,
- David
- Gelles
- is
- uniquely
- qualified
- to
- chart
- the
- growing
- nexus
- between
- these
- two
- realms.
- As
- he
- proves,
- mindfulness
- lowers
- stress,
- increases
- mental
- focus,
- and
- alleviates
- depression
- among
- workers.
- He
- also
- offers
- real-world
- examples
- of
- how
- mindfulness
- has
- benefited
- companies
- that
- have
- adopted
- it
- —
- from
- the
- millions
- of
- dollars
- Aetna
- has
- saved
- in
- health-care
- costs
- to
- the
- ways
- Patagonia
- has
- combined
- leadership
- in
- its
- market
- with
- a
- pervasively
- mindful
- outlook.Gelles's
- revelatory
- book
- picks
- up
- where
- bestsellers
- like
- Thrive
- and
- 10%
- Happier
- leave
- off,
- by
- detailing
- how
- mindfulness
- works
- in
- and
- for
- the
- companies
- that
- adopt
- it,
- revealing
- the
- profound
- impact
- mindfulness
- can
- have
- on
- the
- world
- of
- work.
- Mindful
- Work
- goes
- beyond
- other
- books
- on
- the
- subject
- by
- providing
- evidence
- for
- the
- practical
- benefits
- of
- mindfulness
- and
- showing
- readers
- how
- to
- become
- more
- mindful themselves.
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