“If you do what you did, you get what you got.” - Anonymous As the year draws to a close, we can reflect on 2019 and our life up to this point. We can acknowledge the areas in our lives that are working well and take stock of the areas that are falling through the cracks. We anticipate creating positive as the new year dawns. Many of us wait for Jan. 1 to make changes and … [Read more...]
Work Well: Creating a Gratitude Journal
Showing gratitude has many proven benefits. Gratitude has shown physical, psychological as well as social benefits. They range from better sleep to feeling more joy and becoming more compassionate and forgiving. A way to generate gratitude is by creating a gratitude journal. Buying any journal or composition notebook will do. However, having a journal that speaks to you … [Read more...]
Work Well: Longevity – Nine Lessons From Around the World to Create a Longer and Better Life
Work well provides mindfulness- and awareness-based solutions to maintain balance at work and in everyday life. How long do you expect you’ll live? Honestly ask yourself. And does your life expectancy matter to you? In addition, what quality of life would you like to have as you age? In Dan Buettner’s The Blue Zones, we learn that, in specific regions of the world, … [Read more...]
Work Well: Our Mind Is a Garden. What Are You Planting?
“Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or weeds.” – Osho A year ago, I was lucky to get a plot in our community garden. It was a leap, and I had both success and failure. I used to always say I had a “black thumb,” or whatever the opposite of a green thumb is. I was unlucky at keeping plants alive. A few years ago, a good friend of … [Read more...]
Work Well: Finding Direction and Stopping the Drift
What do you want? Close your eyes. Place your hands over your heart and take three big breaths. Ask yourself: What do I want? What do I want? What do I want? Do you have an answer? Is your mind blank and you don’t know what you want? Can you quiet your mind to provide you with some clarity as to what you want? Did you judge your response? (Hint: try not to – … [Read more...]
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