When it comes to being attentive, it's best to focus on one item at a time.
- When you walk, you just walk.
- You simply listen while you're listening.
- You simply write while you're writing.
- By practicing formal and casual mindfulness meditation you're educating your brain with mindful attitudes like,
- Compassion,
- Curiosity,
- Acknowledgment
- So, if you're writing a report, you concentrate as much as possible on that task without overworking yourself.
Each time your mind wanders to another idea, you note what you were thinking about (curiosity), and then gently direct your focus back to the writing (remember, you're being nice to yourself).
As a result, you complete your report faster (with less time spent thinking about other things), and the work is likely to be of higher quality (because you gave the report your full attention).
The more you can concentrate on what you're doing, the more you'll be able to accomplish.
- Wow, mindfulness can help you work more efficiently!
- You can't just decide to concentrate on your job and then do so.
- The ability to pay attention isn't something you can decide on the spur of the moment.
- Attention may be honed in the same way that biceps can be honed at a gym.
Mindfulness is a mental workout.
You do not, however, need to exert as much effort as you would while exercising out.
You must be gentle while teaching the mind to be alert, otherwise the mind will grow less attentive.
This is why mindfulness necessitates compassion.
- Your mind will revolt if you are too severe with yourself.
- You'll also observe where energy is being squandered if you're aware.
You can become conscious of negative thoughts and learn to stop them if you have a tendency of worrying or thinking negatively.
- The most common reason of absence is stress (not turning up to work).
- Because you're more likely to remain healthy and be able to work in the first place, mindfulness is one method to manage your stress levels and therefore increase productivity. (Perhaps it isn't such a good thing!)
When you're attentive, your job becomes more pleasant, and when you're enjoying something, you're more creative and productive.
- You can be interested about whatever you do if you educate your mind to be curious about experience rather than bored.
- After a while, you'll realize that work flows through you rather than through you performing the job.
- You're either feeding the kids or giving that presentation.
- You feel more comfortable and at peace as you lose the sensation of ‘me' doing this.
- When this occurs, work becomes easy, frequently of very high quality, and completely pleasant - which, don't you think, sounds like a wonderful sort of productivity?
You may also want to read more about Mindfulness Meditation here.