Mindfulness Without the Bells and Beads - Unlocking Exceptional Performance, Leadership, Well Being for

Informationen zum Autor CLIF SMITH, EY's (Ernst & Young LLP)Americas Mindfulness Leader and Global Mindfulness Network Leader, built EY's Mindful Leadership program, delivering practical training to tens of thousands of EY and client personnel with measurable impact on leadership, performance, and well-being. Raised by a single mother of three, Clif grew up on welfare and lived in government subsidized housing for much of his childhood. He went from having no prospects, being flat broke, and barely graduating high school to learning Chinese, becoming a diplomat, and putting himself through Harvard using the techniques he teaches in this book. Clif's personal journey from poverty to prosperity inspires his work as an author, executive coach, mindfulness teacher, and keynote speaker. Readers can follow his work at clifsmith.com. Klappentext Winner of the American Book Fest 2021 Best Book Award, Management and Leadership; Silver Medalist, 2021 Living Now Awards; Bronze Medalist, 2022 Axiom Business Book Awards for Success/Motivation/Coaching.Use mindfulness to unleash your potential - without adopting spiritual beliefsMindfulness Without the Bells and Beads: Unlocking Exceptional Performance, Leadership, and Wellbeing for Working Professionals strips away the bells, beads, and hyperbole associated with mindfulness, and explains how you can take your performance and leadership to the next level in just eight weeks, without adopting any spiritual or new age beliefs.Author Clif Smith, a US Army veteran, former diplomat, and CIA-trained former intelligence officer, serves as EY's Americas Mindfulness Leader and Global Mindfulness Network Leader and is internationally recognized for bringing mindfulness to tens of thousands of corporate and government leaders across the globe. In this book, Clif shares teachings and insights to help achieve the tangible benefits of practicing mindfulness as a fundamental part of our professional and personal lives. You'll discover how to:* Enhance mental focus, resilience, and decision-making under pressure* Increase the impact of your communication and leadership* Transcend limiting beliefs, fear, and other psychological barriers to success* Connect, understand, and interact with others more effectively* Effectively incorporate self-care into a high-performance life* Demystify the practice of mindfulness to make it ideal for a corporate settingPerfect for corporate leaders, managers, and executives, and any working professional in a high-pressure or high-performance environment, Mindfulness Without the Bells and Beads also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone who works in a stressful environment and wants to achieve a higher level of success and a better quality of life. Zusammenfassung Winner of the American Book Fest 2021 Best Book Award, Management and Leadership; Silver Medalist, 2021 Living Now Awards; Bronze Medalist, 2022 Axiom Business Book Awards for Success/Motivation/Coaching.Use mindfulness to unleash your potential - without adopting spiritual beliefsMindfulness Without the Bells and Beads: Unlocking Exceptional Performance, Leadership, and Wellbeing for Working Professionals strips away the bells, beads, and hyperbole associated with mindfulness, and explains how you can take your performance and leadership to the next level in just eight weeks, without adopting any spiritual or new age beliefs.Author Clif Smith, a US Army veteran, former diplomat, and CIA-trained former intelligence officer, serves as EY's Americas Mindfulness Leader and Global Mindfulness Network Leader and is internationally recognized for bringing mindfulness to tens of thousands of corporate and government leaders across the globe. In this book, Clif shares teachings and insights to help achieve the tangible benefits of practicing mindfulness as a fundamental part of our professional and personal lives. You'll discover how to:* Enhance mental focus, ...

List of contents

Foreword by Tal Goldhamer ix
 
Introduction: A Staggered Start xi
 
Part I My Journey With Mindfulness And An Introduction To The Fundamentals 1
 
Chapter 1 The Power of the Trained Mind 3
 
Three Skills That Changed My Life 5
 
The Three Skills Applied 9
 
Chapter 2 Why Mindfulness Now? 19
 
Chapter 3 (Some of) The Science of Mindfulness 31
 
Mindfulness Changes the Brain 32
 
Mindfulness Reduces the Size and Activity in the Amygdala 33
 
Mindfulness Increases Activity in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) 33
 
Mindfulness Increases the Size of Your Hippocampus 34
 
Mindfulness Increases the Size of Your Insula 35
 
Chapter 4 How Do Our Brains Work outside a Brain Scanner? 38
 
Chapter 5 Finding the Signal in the Mindfulness Noise 46
 
Chapter 6 The Fundamentals of Cultivating Mindfulness 54
 
Focused Attention Meditation 56
 
Open Awareness Meditation 65
 
Chapter 7 Your Journey 67
 
Part II Diving Deeper: An 8-Week Journey To Exceptional Performance, Leadership, and Well-Being 71
 
Chapter 8 Introducing the Course 73
 
Motivation 75
 
What Do You Need to Give Up? 75
 
Establishing the Practice 76
 
Dealing with the Excuse-Making, Judging, and Controlling Mind 78
 
Chapter 9 Week 1: No Trivial Moments: Moving from Autopilot to Aware 80
 
Waking Up to Your Life 84
 
Mindfulness and the Body 87
 
Chapter 10 Week 2: The Mindset You Bring to Your Experience Matters 95
 
Nonjudging 97
 
Patience 98
 
Beginner's Mind 99
 
Trust 99
 
Non-striving 100
 
Acceptance 101
 
Letting Go and Letting Be 101
 
Gratitude and Generosity 102
 
Shifting from Doing to Non-Doing, aka Being 103
 
Common Themes, Challenges, and Questions 104
 
Chapter 11 Week 3: Do You Have the Story or Does the Story Have You? 108
 
Mindfulness of Sounds, Thoughts, and Emotions 113
 
Common Themes, Challenges, and Questions 117
 
Chapter 12 Week 4: The Saber-Toothed Tiger of the Modern World: Everything 121
 
Stress and Our Stress Response 123
 
Common Themes, Challenges, and Questions 127
 
Chapter 13 Week 5: Delving into the Difficult 130
 
Responding versus Reacting 132
 
Common Themes, Challenges, and Questions 138
 
Chapter 14 Week 6: In the Same Boat 143
 
S.P.A.R.R.ing during Difficult Interactions 148
 
Common Themes, Challenges, and Questions 154
 
Chapter 15 Week 7: Who Watches (Out for) You? 158
 
Empathy 160
 
Compassion 162
 
Kindness 162
 
Cultivating Empathy, Compassion, and Kindness 163
 
Common Themes, Challenges, and Questions 167
 
Chapter 16 Week 8: Maintaining Momentum 170
 
A Mindful Day 173
 
Common Themes, Challenges, and Questions 177
 
Chapter 17 A Final Word 181
 
Acknowledgments 183
 
About the Author 187
 
Appendix 189
 
Notes 195
 
Index 201

Product details

• Authors: Clif Smith
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781119750765
• ISBN: 978-1-119-75076-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Business administration, companies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Mindfulness, SELF-HELP / Meditations, Mitarbeiterentwicklung, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, Ratgeber Wirtschaft, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, Business & management, Management: leadership and motivation, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization, Management and management techniques, Wirtschaft u. Management, Business Self-Help, Wirtschaft /Ratgeber