So many resources, so little time! Here we attempt to maintain a carefully curated list of “go to’s” for up-leveling your awareness and capacity to activate a more mindful and present approach to your day-to-day world.
FREE MEDITATIONS, HACKS, + APPS:
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UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center: 5-19 minute Guided Meditations
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Center for Humane Technology Take Control
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The Unmistakable Creative: Making Ideas Happen
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mindful.org: How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation
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Mindfulness tips one-pager link: http://www.mindful.org/achieve-more-by-doing-less/
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These meditation apps – Insight Timer, Calm, and Headspace – are effective for getting started with your practice.
VIDEO + TEDTALKS:
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The Mind Explained, all shorts in this five-part series are fascinating with one specifically dedicated to mindfulness (requires a Netflix subscription)
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Eldra Jackson TedTalk How I Unlearned Dangerous Lessons about Masculinity
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The Long Journey to 10% Happier, Dan Harris
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Howard Martin Heart Math TedTalk: Engaging the Intelligence of the Heart.
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Luvvie Ajayi TedTalk Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
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Jodi-Ann Burey TedTalk The Myth of Bringing your Authentic Self to Work
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Amy Cuddy TedTalk Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are
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Using Wisdom Purposefully in Business with Ford Motor Company Chairman Bill Ford, interview at Wisdom 2.0 conference
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Mel Robbins on Impact Theory and The Five-Second Rule (a 60-minute interview, the first 20 minutes is powerful on its own)
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Carl Honore TedTalk In Praise of Slowness TedTalk
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60 Minutes: Anderson Cooper on Mindfulness
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NYTimes: World Economic Forum Amid the Chattering of the Global Elite, a Silent Interlude.
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Thich Nhat Hanh: Is Mindfulness Being Corrupted by Business and Finance?
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The Atlantic: Single Tasking is the New Multi Tasking Video
PODCASTS
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Professional Troublemaker Luvvie Ajayi Jones
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The Science of Happiness Greater Good Science Center
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On Being with Krista Tippett
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10% Happier Podcast with Dan Harris
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Your Undivided Attention w/Tristan Harris
ARTICLES + STUDIES
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UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
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UCSD Center for Mindfulness
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2018 Boston Consulting Group: Unleashing the Power of Mindfulness in Corporations
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2011 Benefits of Mindfulness Study (one of MANY studies, google for more recent data. We like this one because of it covers so many benefits in one paper).
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2014 HBR Research: Technology is only making social skills more important.
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Research: Jonathan Greenberg Keren Reiner, Nachshon Meiran
Mind the Trap, Mindfulness Practice Reduces Cognitive Rigidity
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Forbes: A Guide to Mindfulness at Work
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The Guardian Mindfulness at work. What are the benefits?
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Are You Developing Skills That Won’t Be Automated?, HBR
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Discovering Your Authentic Leadership Voice Bill GeorgePeter SimsAndrew N. McLeanDiana Mayer
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The Authenticity Paradox, HBR
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Scott Halford: Five Things Your Brain Wants You to Know About Focus.
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Ryan Underwood: Using Neuroscience to Boost Creativity
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Research: Brian D. Ostafin, Kyle T. Kassman Mindfulness Improves Insight Problem Solving.
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Blanca Rothschild: How Mindful Meditation Boosts Creativity and Innovation
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Huffington Post, Flynn Coleman: Mindfulness, An Ancient Skill for Thriving in the Modern Innovation Economy.
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Moshe Bar: Think Less, Think Better
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Mindful Magazine The Science of Mindfulness
Current Top Book Picks (no links, we’ll let you choose your favorite seller.)
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Margaret Cullen, Gonzalo Brito Pons, PhD The Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Workbook, An eight-week program for improved emotion regulation and resilience
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Due Quach Brain 3.0
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Luvvie Ajayi Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual
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Jamil Zaki The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
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Viktor Frankl Man’s Search for Meaning
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Jennifer Garvey Berger Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps: How to Thrive in Complexity
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Arianna Huffington Thrive: The Third Metric
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Rhonda Magee The Inner Work of Racial Justice
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Rick Hanson Resilience and Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom
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Daniel Goleman books on Emotional Intelligence: Focus and Working with Emotional Intelligence
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Daniel Goleman Richard Davidson Altered Traits
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Yuval Noah Harari 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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The Arbinger Institute: Leadership & Self Deception and The Anatomy of Peace
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Amy Cuddy: Presence