When we're at work we can be so busy that we lose ourselves. Enter mindfulness
at work. Mindfulness can help reduce anxiety, stress, reduce burnout, all
amazing things that are beneficial to us. In this video I'm going to share with
you how to bring mindfulness at work and I'm not talking about meditation for 20
minutes I'm talking about simple things that you can do from seconds to minutes
so that you can be more mindful at work. Be sure to stick around to the end of
this video where I'm gonna give you a free resource where you can get some
additional tips on how to be mindful at work.
Hi, if you're new here, welcome. My name is Adriana Girdler, I'm a productivity
specialist and I'm a graduate of the University of Toronto applied
mindfulness program and I'm a student of the center of mindfulness which is run
by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn from the University of Massachusetts so on that
note, let's dive into those tips so that you can be more mindful that work. Make
mindfulness a habit at work. The key to making mindfulness a habit at work is to
plan for it. We all have good intentions but if we don't plan it in, it's never
gonna happen so I have two really cool tips on how to help you with that.
Tip one, mindful reminders. If you're gonna make this a habit, you've got to
remind yourself you've got to schedule it in, that's the planning part, so take a
look at your calendar, set in little breaks where you can stand, up perhaps go
for a mindful walk, if you have devices that you can schedule in like a little
bell to remind you, just please don't do something that's jarring, do something
really soft or even better yet like my Apple watch, there actually are apps in
there that allows you and tells you when to stand up and you can program that in.
Even what's really cool, something that Thich Nhat Hanh does, which is a Vietnamese
monk and a peace activist and very big into mindfulness, I highly recommend you
check him out, is whenever the phone rings, take some deep breaths. Anytime
that there's some sort of bell or reminder is your time to take a mindful
moment. Tip two, be mindful whenever you open up a door, so whenever you open the
door, open it up with purpose, really think about letting go or focusing and
being laser beamed but just don't be scattered, take a moment,
slow down and walk through with purpose. Now, if there
are tons of people around you, you're gonna say, "Adriana, how can I do
that?" Quite easily, why don't you be the person that actually opens the door for
everybody, not only is it polite, they're gonna thank you for it, but it's going to
give you that extra time you need to really focus inward and be mindful
before you yourself walk through the threshold. Let me know in the comments
below if you plan on using the tip next time you walk through the door.
Overcoming self-doubt. It's really easy at work to have bad days, right? Our boss
could have dumped on us, perhaps something didn't go the way it was
planned and you know what? We're just not having that great awesome day.
Mindfulness is amazing because it really helps us; it helps us to re-evaluate what
is going on around us, amazing when we really need to move forward and ensure
that we're doing the right things. So there's two core things with mindfulness that
are really helpful. The first one is it really brings about a positive mindset
so if you can take mindfulness techniques and one of them is to
visualize, close your eyes and visualize of all the great things that you have
done in the past, just don't focus on the negative.
That is a grounding technique that just brings about and reminds you that it's
not all that bad but the number two part which is just as
important is that it gives you insights. It allows you to take a look at, what
really happened in that situation? Can I learn from it? Is there anything that is
directly from me that I have to change or is it perhaps people around me and I
just shouldn't take it on personally because that's how they're feeling? The
cool thing with mindfulness is it teaches you not to judge, it teaches you
how to look at things and to analyze it with discernment so you don't take it on
which becomes just more issues. So let it go, don't judge it, put on a positive
mindset, it really does work. Be a mindful commuter. When we're coming home after
a real busy day that commute can be extremely stressful so one thing with
mindfulness that it teaches us is not to hold on to those moments for long
periods of time, particularly when we're going home we really want to be able to
put things away so if you are commuting and you happen to be on public transit
like a train or a bus or subway, whatever that may be, guess what? Those
earbuds that we all have are an awesome way to get connected to either some sort
of apps that are out there in order to help do a meditation during that commute,
which is pretty cool, and if you're driving please do not
meditate, alright, safety is important, but what a wonderful opportunity to take a look
at, or I should say listen to, some audio books which are on mindfulness and some
techniques or just self-improvement or a podcast that you really enjoy that is
going to teach you all about mindfulness techniques. Great way to de-stress on
that busy commute coming home. As promised, I have for you a free download
of some additional mindful tips that you can bring to work, so please go to the
link below and download your FREE copy of these tips. Please subscribe to my
channel, like this video and share it with all the professionals that you know.
Now it's your turn to share. Can you please let me know what mindfulness tips
you plan on bringing to work in the comments below. Until the next video, see
you later.