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Mindfulness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
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Mindfulness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Ellen Langer, Susan David, Christina Congleton
April 2017
Intermediate to advanced
144 pages
1h 17m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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There Are Risks to Mindfulness at Work

By David Brendel

Mindfulness is close to taking on cult status in the business world. But as with any rapidly growing movement—regardless of its potential benefits—there is good reason here for caution.

Championed for many years by pioneering researchers such as Ellen Langer and Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness is a mental orientation and set of strategies for focusing one’s mind on here-and-now experiences, such as abdominal muscle movements during respiration or the chirping of birds outside one’s window. It is rooted in ancient Eastern philosophies, such as Taoism and Buddhism. Contemporary empirical research demonstrates its benefits for reducing anxiety and mental stress.1 A recent study suggested that ...

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ISBN: 9781633693203