In addition to affecting how a brain ‘thinks’ mindfulness has also been shown to have actual physical effect on brain structure. For some orientation I refer you back to Your Brain: By the Numbers. The following reinforces the fact that reported improvements are not because people are just feeling better but because they are spending time relaxing.
While it is generally agreed that anyone who practices mindfulness can ‘feel’ that it works – there is often a question in one’s mind especially a ‘business brain’ - is there a basis in fact/science? This is an issue I touched on in an earlier article (Daniel Kahneman Meets Dalai Lama) but I believe it warrants more attention.
August 16, 2016 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money”. – George Savile, Complete Works, 1912 “When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did...
What could possibly come from a meeting between an individual who is one of only two psychologists to win the Nobel Prize for Economics and one of the most introspective spiritual (Buddhist) and political (Tibetan) leaders?
Is it possible to have too much money? Is it possible to be too well known? Every (business) person knows neither of those prepositions could be true. But could they?
Growing up in Poland at the height of the solidarity movement, professor Agnes Zdaniuk witnessed injustice committed against those, including her father, who actively fought for better working and living conditions and the fall of communism. It is an experience that would see her family seek refuge in Canada, and help shape her life’s work researching revenge and forgiveness, topics that are becoming increasingly prevalent public conversations.
For the average business builder and manager “performance” is table stakes. The really successful ones – perform under pressure. (As you will read this is not always or not certain but you can enhance your odds.)
There are volumes (I have read several) written on the neuroscience and behavioral aspects of dishonesty and its detection. I have decided to write on this topic given its importance to the integrity of relationships and transactions. In other words – it’s all part and parcel of the Business Brain Model.