Mindfulness can Boost your Career and Personal Life

Have you ever started driving somewhere and after reaching your destination you realise that you remember nothing about your journey? Or you been eating a burger, taken a couple of bites then noticed all you are left with an empty packet in your hand? And you didn’t notice “most of” when and how you have finished your burger? These are common examples of "mindlessness," or "going on an automatic pilot mode."

In our today’s busy life, we are constantly doing multi-tasking and we are losing awareness of the present moment – either because we have stopped giving importance to our present moment, like eating or when we are doing task 1, our mind already starts planning, judging, mapping – task 2, task 3, task 4 so on and so forth.

The key to bring positive changes in our career and in our personal life is to actively notice every moment of life — including work, people, and the environment – in other words live in the present.

When we commit to noticing new things in your daily life, we activate and enhance our creative side to develop new solutions to problems, seeing multiple options, and eliminating previously defined “solutions” that no longer apply because the situation has changed. The result: you’ll experience less frustration, improved outcomes, a greater sense of accomplishment, and increased confidence.  

Here are some simple steps to practice mindfulness:-

·  Do one task at a time - When you’re pouring water, just pour water. When you’re eating, just eat. When you’re bathing, just bathe. Don’t try to knock off a few tasks while eating or bathing or driving.

·   Perform your essential tasks slowly and deliberately – don’t rush to finish your basic and essential tasks like eating, bathing etc. Instead take your time and focus on what you’re eating, how it tastes, how it can be made better taste.

·  Spend at least 5 minutes each day doing nothing. Just sit in silence. Become aware of your thoughts. Focus on your breathing. Notice the world around you. Become comfortable with the silence and stillness. It’ll do wonders to you. — just takes 5 minutes!