Mindful In May 2022 | Day 26 - Mind Life Project

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DAY 26: Dr Elise Bialylew interviews scott shute

Video Objectives

In this video, you'll learn:

How mindfulness can be useful in the workplace
The power of compassion and easy ways to practice it and build greater resilience
How to balance doing and being
How mindfulness can support better leadership

About Scott Shute

Scott Shute has journeyed from America’s heartland to the hiking trails of Nepal, to the boardrooms of major tech companies across the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. Wherever he’s travelled, he has discovered more about what tears people apart, and what brings them together to create the extraordinary. As Vice President of Global Customer Operations at LinkedIn, the world’s largest online business network, he led a global team of 1,000 customer-service employees supporting 700 million network members around the world. He worked as Chief Mindfulness and Compassion Officer at LinkedIn, and implemented his vision of changing work from the inside out, by building industry-leading mindfulness programs and operationalising compassion. His bestselling book is called Full Body Yes: change your work and your world from the inside out.

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Mind Life Project · Dr Elise Bialylew interviews Scott Shute

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Your meditation for today

Compassion Meditation with Scott Shute

Mind Life Project · Compassion Meditation by Scott Shute

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A MINDFUL WORK PRACTICE

Today I invite you to experiment with the mindful work practice below as a simple way to stay focused, manage overwhelm, and move from multi-tasking to mono-tasking in order to maximise your efficiency.

Choose one task that you will focus on during the set time period.

Get a plain piece of paper and pen and have them by your computer or workspace.
Set an intention to stay focused for your set period of time. Set a timer for thirty minutes.
When you notice yourself getting distracted or feel an urge to move to another task (such as checking your email), simply note down the task or distraction on the paper and bring your attention back to the task. At the end of the thirty minutes, you can review your list and set your next priority.

For further time management and productivity hacks, consider downloading a Pomodoro app. The Pomodoro Technique was created in the 1980s by Francesco Cirillo, and it involves dividing your work time into twenty-five-minute increments of focused attention with regular breaks in between.

This technique helps bring more mindful awareness to the way we work, and supports efficiency and focus. There are several apps available to help you practise the Pomodoro Technique, and many of them free.