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Emily Bennington Founder, Awake Exec™ Conscious Career Design Mindfulness as a Career Strategy How to Use Centuries-Old Techniques to Enhance Your Leadership Presence Today
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Transcript of Mindfulness As a Career Strategy
Emily BenningtonFounder, Awake Exec™ Conscious Career Design
Mindfulness as a Career
Strategy How to Use Centuries-Old
Techniques to Enhance Your Leadership Presence Today
The gift of
the east is
the ability
to accep
t things
.
The gift of the west is the ability to change things.
Is your mind like a shaken snow globe?
(you’re in the right place)
Mindfulness is the
practice of bringing
clarity and concentration
to your moment-by-
moment experience.
It’s the ability to see what’s happening...
Not as we hoped it would be.
Not as we expected it to be.
Not seeing more or less. Not with judgments...
…but exactly what is here. Just as it is.
@JaniceMarturano Executive Director, Institute for Mindful
Leadership
You can’t make good decisions in
a mental state offrenzy worry
anger or frustration.
And since your choices create your reality...
…you need to own them.
Accepting your experience as it is
allows you to respond versus react.
(even if you don’t li
ke
it)
Step One
Know Your Mind
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Why do we react
emotionally in the first place?
Three words: fight or flight
Prefrontal cortex
(the boss)
Left Brain(logic)
Right Brain(emotion)
Mindfulness calms your biological triggers(allowing you to make better decisions as
a result)
Because when the **** hits the fan…
…you need to be on your game THE MOST.
Once you become self-aware, you can help others do the same.
Step Two
TrainYour Mind
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The events of your life do not change
according to whether you are happy or
unhappy about them.
Purposeful pauses allow you to center into the moment.
Are you content? Are you emotional? Are you fearful? Are you future-tripping? Are you living in the past?
Mindfulness brings you back to the present where you can choose your response.
In the process, be on the lookout for emotion…
…but don’t run from it.
“We aren’t meant to be perfect.
We are meant to be whole.”
- Jane Fonda
Goals
Intentions
Virtues
Download the VIG template at
emilybennington.com/templates
Listen to the VIG call at emilybennington.com/coaching
Step ThreeFree Your Mind
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When you’re clear on what matters most in your life, you
can feel emotion without being overwhelmed by what
you feel.
Peace amid the chaos = freedom
Be still. And know.
