We keep performing different tasks all day and long because of which our mind gets very tired and needs to be refreshed. Here is a trick which helps you refreshing your brain in just 10 minutes. Hit the refresh button with this easy trick:
Andi Puddicombe, a former Buddhist monk and co-founder of Headspace, an entrepreneurial venture designed to demystify meditation and make it easily accessible to all audiences. Puddicombe talked about a trick in a recent TED talk which refreshes your mind in just 10 minutes and makes you happier while working.
He explained a new method of meditation which goes for the modern society. In this “meditation for modern society”, elimination of stereotypes of incense and cross-legged monks took place. Here are two problems which plague modern day workers:
Andi Puddicombe, a former Buddhist monk and co-founder of Headspace, an entrepreneurial venture designed to demystify meditation and make it easily accessible to all audiences. Puddicombe talked about a trick in a recent TED talk which refreshes your mind in just 10 minutes and makes you happier while working.
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Number 1: Inability to Focus
Nick Begley, Headspace’s head of research, says in his meditation tutorial that “The average office worker changes windows [on her computer] 37 times an hour”.As per Begley, when we switch from one task to another or one window to another, our mind continues to be engaged in the previous task and that is why we are not able to fully focus on our task. This reduces the concentration, productivity and your ability to filter the useful or relevant information from the irrelevant one.
Number 2: Stress
When we stress, it influences the part of a brain called amygdale which fires up the “fight or flight” part of our nervous system that makes us take quick and impulsive decisions.“It signals to our hormonal system to secrete adrenaline and cortisol and increases our heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure, so we can escape this immediate physical danger,” says Begley.However, this fight or flight impulse is not useful for the situations where there is no immediate physical danger and it puts undue stress on your body. For example, if you have forgotten to click on the save option on your important document and your computer crashes, or you come to the office unprepared for an important business meeting.
SOLUTION
Refreshing your mind is easier than you think. The first and the only step that you are supposed to follow is that “Do Nothing”. Puddicomble suggests to simply set aside 10 minutes of your day to quite your mind. Observe thoughts and anxieties without making judgements. Just experience them. Focus on the present and that’s it.
[Source: inc.com]“We can’t change every little thing that happens to us,” he acknowledges, “but we can change how we experience it.”
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