Summaries of books about Mindfulness & Meditation:
Focus
Harvard Business Review|Daniel Goleman|Heidi Grant|Amy Jen Su|Rasmus Hougaard
The book compiles insights from experts on the importance of focusing one's attention in various aspects of life, including work, relationships, and personal goals. It provides strategies for enhancing concentration, managing distractions, and improving emotional intelligence to achieve success and well-being.
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Do Pause
You are not a To Do list
Robert Poynton
The book explores the importance of taking pauses in our fast-paced lives, advocating for intentional breaks to reflect, rest, and gain new perspectives. It offers practical advice on how to integrate pauses into daily routines to improve creativity, productivity, and overall well-being.
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The Life-Changing Power of Sophrology
Breathe and Connect with the Calm and Happy You
Dominique Antiglio
The book introduces readers to sophrology, a relaxation technique combining elements of Eastern meditation and Western relaxation methods to reduce stress and increase well-being. It provides practical exercises and guidance on how to integrate sophrology into daily life to achieve a calmer, happier state of mind.
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Do Breathe
Calm your mind. Find focus. Get stuff done
Michael Townsend Williams
The book provides practical guidance on how to manage stress and increase productivity through mindful breathing techniques and focused attention. It offers a series of exercises and tips to help readers cultivate calm, enhance concentration, and effectively tackle their daily tasks.
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How We Work
Live Your Purpose, Reclaim Your Sanity, and Embrace the Daily Grind
Leah Weiss
The book provides insights into integrating mindfulness and purpose into the workplace, offering practical strategies for reducing burnout and improving overall job satisfaction. It emphasizes the importance of aligning personal values with professional life to create a more fulfilling and balanced approach to work.
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A New Earth - Philosophers Notes Summary
Brian Johnson|Eckhart Tolle
The book distills the core teachings of spiritual awakening and personal growth, emphasizing the importance of transcending ego-based consciousness to achieve a state of presence and inner peace. It provides practical wisdom and insights on how to live a more fulfilling life by aligning with one's true purpose and connecting with the deeper essence of being.
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The Distraction Addiction
Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
The book explores the impact of digital distractions on our lives and offers strategies for using technology in a way that enhances productivity and personal fulfillment. It combines research on attention, multitasking, and mindfulness to help readers develop healthier relationships with their devices.
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The Power of Not Thinking
How Our Bodies Learn and Why We Should Trust Them
Simon Roberts
The book delves into the concept of embodied knowledge, arguing that much of what we know is learned and stored in our bodies through experiences. It emphasizes the importance of trusting this intuitive, non-cognitive form of intelligence in various aspects of life, from professional to personal decision-making.
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Rest in the World
My Morning Routine
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
The book explores the morning routines of successful individuals, providing insights into how starting the day with purposeful habits can enhance productivity and creativity. It offers practical advice and strategies for readers to develop their own effective morning rituals, drawing from interviews and research on the subject.
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Mindful Tech
How to Bring Balance to Our Digital Lives
David M. Levy
The book explores the intersection of mindfulness and technology, offering strategies to integrate digital habits with personal values and well-being. It provides practical exercises to help readers become more aware of their tech use and develop a more balanced relationship with digital devices.
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