Some common barriers to productivity at work and practical mindfulness practices that can help: 1. Lack of concentration and focus Practice paying attention to a single object on your desk, notice every detail of it, the colour, the texture etc and describe them to yourself. This will help train your [...]
It may seem like another piece of cognitive dissonance—to get more engaged and productive, you need to apparently move in the opposite direction and detach from work. A growing number of research studies demonstrate that detaching from work is essential to enhanced productivity. The work of Sabine Sonnentag (Universität Konstanz in [...]
In one of our Resilient Leadership workshops recently we were discussing the productivity research that supports taking regular recovery breaks at work rather than “pushing on through” fatigue or loss of concentration. One of the participants described how she had been going to the gym most days around lunchtime and [...]
Two for One – Using Positive Psychology in Teams Law Talk - Issue 852, 10 Oct 2014 Higher rates of illness including heart disease, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse have been found in the legal eld compared with other professional services (Peterson and Peterson, 2009). Moreover, it seems that these [...]