Mindfulness without the Bells and Beads: Unlocking Exceptional Performance, Leadership, and Well-being for Working Professionals
- 8h 47m 7s
- Clif Smith
- Gildan Media
- 2022
Mindfulness Without the Bells and Beads 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; and demystify the practice of mindfulness to make it ideal for a corporate setting.
About the Author 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.
In this Audiobook
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Introduction: A Staggered Start
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Chapter 1 - The Power of the Trained Mind
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Chapter 2 - Why Mindfulness Now?
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Chapter 3 - (Some of) The Science of Mindfulness
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Chapter 4 - How do our Brains Work Outside a Brain Scanner?
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Chapter 5 - Finding the Signal in the Mindfulness Noise
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Chapter 6 - The Fundamentals of Cultivating Mindfulness
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Chapter 7 - Your Journey
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Chapter 8 - Introducing the Course
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Chapter 9 - Week 1: No Trivial Moments – Moving from Autopilot to Aware
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Chapter 10 - Week 2: The Mindset You Bring to Your Experience Matters
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Chapter 11 - Week 3: Do You Have the Story or Does the Story Have You?
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Chapter 12 - Week 4: The Saber-Toothed Tiger of the Modern World: Everything
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Chapter 13 - Week 5: Delving into the Difficult
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Chapter 14 - Week 6: In the Same Boat
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Chapter 15 - Week 7: Who Watches (Out for) You?
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Chapter 16 - Week 8: Maintaining Momentum
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Chapter 17 - A Final Word
