Author: Robert Plotkin
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How to Implement Gratitude in the Workplace (and Why You Can’t Afford Not to)
We all feel gratitude sometimes, even if we’re not mindful enough to be aware of the feeling. And if we are aware of it, often times we forget or feel awkward expressing it. Feelings can be hard to talk about, even positive ones. But sometimes, that’s exactly what businesses need to improve! A great company…
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Study: Meditation vs. Yoga for a Brain & Energy Boost
If there were something that you could do for free, something that took less than a half hour per day, that was scientifically proven to boost energy and brainpower, would you do it? For most of us, that answer is a resounding YES! Unless it’s hard or takes a lot of effort… Well, I have…
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What’s A Mindful Company & What Does It Take To Be One?
We’ve talked before about using mindfulness at a personal level in the workplace to reduce stress. But you may have also heard the term mindful company. So what does it really mean to be a mindful company ? This term has only started to gain popularity in recent years. In fact, many still question whether…
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The Case For Adding Call Me Back To Your Vocabulary
When you pick up your phone, how often are you using it to actually do what it was first intended for? How often are you actually talking on the phone? And I don’t mean talking via text, or email, or some other form of digital communication. I mean actually talking. Picking up the phone and…
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Reduce Your Digital Clutter, Reduce Your Anxiety
Most people regularly (or at least semi-regularly) go through their stuff and declutter. We donate old clothes, we throw away broken items around the house, we host yard sales to sell off those things that we no longer want or need. It can feel cleansed and refreshing! So why should our digital clutter be any…
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Technology Changes Us, And Generation Z Is Proof
We all know that each generation has different experiences, they grow up in a different time, so it’s impossible not to! But is the latest generation, generation Z, missing out? Has their generation been destroyed by technology? We’ve all see the articles online saying things like Millennials are killing fabric softener or Millennials are running…
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Mindfulness Event This Friday!
Robert Plotkin, co-founder of the Hack Your Mind series is pleased to invite you to the next event this Friday, October 6th at 12 pm on the campus of MIT. Join us for the first program of the semester of our Hack Your Mind series with Dr. Susan Gabrieli. Dr. Gabrieli is a neuroscientist and…
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How Be Happier & More Productive at Work with Simple Mindfulness Practices
Work is a place that we can easily feel stressed and overwhelmed. Maybe you have multiple projects going at the same time or an impossibly short deadline that your boss wants you to meet. It’s happened to all of us at one point! The key to keeping calm under all this stress? Mindfulness. When a…
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Ep. 9 – Dave Crenshaw, Time Management Coach & Author Of “The Myth Of Multitasking”
We are so excited about this latest podcast episode! Time management author, public speaker, coach & trainer Dave Crenshaw has appeared in Time magazine, USA Today, FastCompany, the BBC News, & his courses on LinkedIn Learning have received millions of views. Crenshaw’s three books, including The Myth of Multitasking and his newest, The Power of…
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Maintain Your Mental Abilities As You Age with Meditation
As we age our cognitive abilities tend to decline. We begin misplacing items more often (keys and glasses, anyone?), it becomes more difficult to solve problems, or we may have trouble remembering names. It’s all just a natural part of aging, right? Maybe it doesn’t have to be! Research shows that the adult brain changes…
