Emotional Intelligence: Mindfulness by Harvard Business Review

Emotional Intelligence: Mindfulness Reviews

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  Cindy

  A short and simple book that gives an overview of mindfulness, but overall is pretty surface level and doesn't get very in depth.
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  Bradley Frederick

  Another good airport read. Once again I wish it went more into the personal practice of mindfulness and not just the business aspect, but overall I enjoyed reading this book.
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  Povilas Balciunas

  Mindfulness is your mental state of being fully aware of what's happening in the present moment. Our minds are super fast and a lot of people are day dreaming even when studying, talking to other people, working, etc. Being mindful means keeping your focus on where you are.
  
  This is a concise book that represents the concept of mindfulness. It gives you some tips how to get better at it and explains the possible outcomes when you're mindful. I'd say it's a perfect read for everyone who wants to get back the control of their thoughts :)
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  Balkan Şencan

  Temas ettiği konulara yüzeysel ve uygulama öncelikli yaklaşan bir yapıt; elbette yayınevi ve yayın amacı düştüğünüldüğünde bu sürpriz değil yine de Doğu'nun bulup geliştirip topluma sunduğu bir yaşamsal yaklaşımın Batı tarafından tüm mistik ve anlamsal boyutundan sıyrılıp bireyin günlük yaşamında uygulayabileceği pratik teknikler bütününe indirgenmesi ne acı. Son olarak, kitabın Türkçe tercüme kalitesini beğenmedim; neredeyse yarısı İngilizce kalmış, bu nedenle bir puan kırdım. Yine de konuya ilişkin kısa yazıları derlemesi açısından faydalı.
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  Michelle

  Great book about mindfulness and it's connection to emotional intelligence. Very insightful plus lots of stories to illustrate the concepts.
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  aurora

  کتاب از ۹ مقاله درمورد Minfullness تشکیل شده. چمقاله اول، مصاحبه‌ای با Ellen Langer که در این حوزه پژوهشگر نامی‌ای هست و چند کتاب دراین مورد نوشته و .. که در این فصل Mindfulness رو با باز بودن دربرابر اطلاعات جدید توصیف می‌کنه، که به‌نظرم با تعریف بقیه فصل‌ها تفاوت داره! بعد کاربردش رو در شرکت‌ها و .. نشون میده.
  فصل بعد، دو تا از تاثیراتی که مایندفولنس روی مغز می‌ذاره رو شرح می‌ده، افزایش ماده خاکستری در نواحی کورتکس کمربندی قدامی و هیپوکامپ، که به‌ترتیب منجر به بهبود Self-regulation و Resilience میشه.
  مقاله سوم، یکسری روش‌ها رو برای مایندفول بودن در محیط کاری رو شرح میده، که قبلا هم راجع بهشون شنیدیم، که در یک جای خلوت برای ۱۰ مین روی تنفس تمرکز کنیم. قسمتی که برام مفید بود: دو مین مدیتیشن بلافاصله بعد از بیدار شدن.
  مقاله چهارم، تا حدودی شبیه مقاله سوم هست اما با این توضیح که اگر آمیگدال احساس خطر کنه، قشر پره‌فرونتال رو hijack می‌کنه و نکته کلیدی در Resilience این‌ه که چطور سریع پره‌فرونتال رو از تاثیر آمیگدال نجات بدیم. :)) که این کار رو سمت چپ ناحیه پره‌فرونتال انجام میده. از طرفی فعالیت سمت راست، موقع اضطراب افزایش پیدا می‌کنه. بنابراین، مود روزانه ما رو، نسبت فعالیت سمت چپ پره‌فرونتال به سمت راست اون تعیین می‌کنه.
  مقاله پنجم، درمورد emotional agility، تو دو تا کتاب قبلی از این مجموعه که خونده بودم تکرار شده بود.
  فصل شش، درمورد قدرت و فسادی که همراهش میاد نوشته شده و نویسنده با روش‌هایی توصیه می‌کنه افراد همدلی، بخشندگی و قدردانی خودشون نسبت به دیگران رو افزایش بدن.
  مقاله نهم هم درمورد دو تا از چیزهایی که ممکنه ناخواسته بد فهمیده بشه نسبت به پروسه مدیتیشن، هشدار میده. یعنی مثلا نباید از مدیتیشن به‌عنوان فرار از فکر کردن استفاده کنیم. گاهی استرس نشون دهنده‌ این‌ه که واقعا چیزی درخطره و بعضا با مدیتیشن این رو از خودشون دور می‌کنن. دیگه این‌که، ممکنه بعضی از شرکت‌ها مدیتیشن گروهی برگزار کنن که خب، ممکنه برای عده‌ای عذاب‌آور باشه.
  
  در کل، موضوعات ساده‌ به شکل لقمه‌های کوچیک قابل هضم توضیح داده‌شد، که اگر شما سابقا کتابی در این مورد خونده باشید، ب نظرم نیازی به مطالعه این کتاب ندارید.
  
  + اویدنس بیس بودن و رفرنس‌های معتبر از خصوصیت این مجموعه‌ست. توی دو تا کتاب قبلی هم که خوندم، چندتا مقاله و دو سه تا نویسنده خوب برای مطالعه فراتر تونستم پیدا کنم. پلاس این‌که توی زمان کم، نکته‌های کوچک و بدردبخوری رو آموزش (یا یادآوری) می‌ده، که شخصا تصمیم دارم چند موردش رو اجرا کنم.
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  Larisa

  A brief collection of articles on mindfulness, its effects on the brain and strategies to integrate it in our busy lives. Useful especially for the non believers :)
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  Elias Thomase

  I enjoyed this read. I borrowed this book from my supervisor. one of the major takeaways from this book would be staying focus on what I am doing and don't let myself zone out, be more mindful.
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  Betsy Ng

  It is a simple to read book that one can read while travelling in a train. It provides an overview of mindfulness and considering the values that one has. Knowing your values will provide one's confidence in life and one will also find peace and fulfillment. As such, the chapter on knowing personal values really make me think what are my values. Another relevant and interesting takeaway from this book is, practising "empathy, graciousness and generosity". Strongly recommend this practical book for professionals and individuals who wish know about mindfulness and how to practise mindfulness.
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  Ursula Diantika

  Short and simple book. One of my favorite from HBR Emotional Intelligence series. Words that i highlight are
  "It doesnt have to be lonely at the top, you can be there and be open."
  "But if you freeze someone in that way, you dont get the chance to enjoy a relationship with them."
  "Mindfulness helps you to appreciate why people behave the way they do."
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  Angélica

  Es una buena lectura rápida, pero a veces usa referencias de partes del cerebro que a veces no se conocen, para una persona que no conozca del tema puede ser un poco confuso.
  Muy buenos ejemplos y estudios detallados que ayudan a entender con mayor facilidad la lectura.
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  Betül Bozkurt

  Bu konuda yaptığım her okumada, katıldığım her atölyede kıymetli şeyler öğreniyorum. Bu kitapta da iş hayatınıza mindfulness deneyimiyle neler katabileceğiniz noktasında güzel bilgiler var. Ama bir sihirli değnek de değil tabi ki😊
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  Kavya Nagaraj

  I’ll rate this book a 5-star! Has some really simple steps to follow to practice mindfulness! Thoroughly enjoying the read
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  Neil Chang

  Not many new things to learn if you have been practicing mindfulness.
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  Danay Pérez Pérez

  Un compendio de artículos de HBR. Buenos para introducir el tema, buenos consejos y redaxtado en un español sencillo y al grano. Recomendado.
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  Sara

  Es muy corto, conciso y digerible. Son una serie de ensayos respecto al Mindfulness. Es bueno como una introducción para quien esté interesado en el tema.
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  John

  TLDR, mindfulness is the opposite of mindlessness.
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  Neti Triwinanti

  Mindfulness adalah seri HBR Emotional Intelligence ke-tiga yang saya baca setelah Resilience dan Self Awareness. Di dalamnya terdapat 9 topik dari penulis berbeda tentang wawas diri (mindfulness). Bab pertama buku ini menjadi pembuka bahasan yang sangat menarik karena menjelaskan bagaimana wawas diri dapat menekan stres, memacu kreativitas, dan mendorong kinerja seseorang. Wawas diri adalah keadaan mental di mana kita sadar penuh apa yang tengah terjadi. Seringkali, pikiran kita sangat sibuk sampai-sampai isi kepala kita ke mana-mana saat bekerja, berdiskusi, makan, atau melakukan aktivitas-aktivitas lain. Akhirnya apa yang kita lakukan tidak terasa bermakna (bahkan beberapa membahayakan) karena semua terjadi secara autopilot.
  
  Buku ini juga menjelaskan bagaimana cara mempraktikkan wawas diri (yang ternyata dapat meningkatkan resilience). Karena HBR Emotional Intelligence Seris mengcover bahasan sisi humanis pada kehidupan profesional, tak luput buku ini menjelaskan bagaimana cara menjadi 'Effective Leader' yang agile, mampu bekerja sama dengan baik dengan subdordinate, dan dapat menggerakkan organisasi ke tujuan.
  
  "It doesn't have to be lonely at the top. You can be there and be open" adalah salah satu kalimat favorit yang saya beri highlighter di buku ini.
  
  HBR Emotional Intelligence Series ini tipis. Cocok dibaca siapa pun yang ingin memulai membaca tapi merasa memiliki keterbatasan waktu. Sebenarnya, buku ini cocok untuk siapapun. Semoga kamu juga tertarik membacanya.
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  Ruby Annette

  Emotional Intelligence series of 6 short books is meant to be guided tips that top CEOs and Executives practice daily to remain successful and essential to their companies.
  
  This first book on Mindfulness describes that in order for top leadership to reach their true potential, they need to learn to think in terms of how to integrate personal life and work, instead of trying to balance work and life. I really love the use of the word INTEGRATION here. I honestly think full-time employees struggle with this significantly because we have been wired into believing we need to “balance” work and our personal life to be happy. When in reality, the correct term and guidance we need is to learn integration.
  
  The opening section sets up Mindfulness beautifully by describing scenarios of how mindfulness can be put to practice. The answer is, it can be applied to anything and anyone. It simply requires attentive awareness, being present in the moment, or in other words, being mindful of the task at hand or mindful of the conversation that you are having with someone. All of which, is achieveable with practice. By practice the book refers to meditation, or any activity that helps you take a moment to breath, relax the brain and let logic react instead of emotions. For me, this action is translated into Yoga. By practicing yoga daily, my mind is more mindful of the day’s tasks.
  
  It was an insightful read. Highly encourage you to read it as well.
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  S.

  Short book, the chapters were articles analyzing mindfulness and its oeak in 2014 especially in work places.
  The last chapter was interesting since it highlighted the risks of practicing mindfulness at work. Sometimes it becomes an avoidance strategy whereas, mindfulness is a tool for clear logical thinking! Countering the hijacking of our brains!
  Evidently, mindfulness increases productivity nd it shouldn't be a shame to consider it as a tool and not an end, because at the end of the day its practice proves useful even outside of work... It's a win-win setting!
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  Celine

  First time I read a book by the Harvard Business Review Press. It's a compilation of articles on a topic. Very quick read (about 60min if you're a fast reader). Perfect for a plane trip. This one had hands-on examples of how to be or encourage being more mindful, refreshers on meditation, covered mindfulness at work as well as other environments and also had an article playing devil's advocate. Perfect for a short drive into a topic
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  Julius

  An interesting, brief book about rebranded meditation called "Mindfulness".
  
  The book provides useful information about combating anxiety, stress and lack of concentration.
  
  I definitely recommend to anyone who experiences previously mentioned conditions due to intense work regime or stressful environment.
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  Pyramids Ubiquitous

  only a couple of these articles were useful. the rest could be summated as a recommendation to utilize meditation in any way shape or form possible in your daily routine. I've championed daily meditation for a long time, so maybe this was just more obvious to me, but there wasn't much here in the way of how to establish "mindful" habits other than focusing on breathing patterns
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  Kristine

  My SiL bought books from this series for me for my bday...she knows me so well😊. Read it to prepare for a workshop I am giving this weekend. HBR does a good job of covering the topic in an organized fashion, easy to read and practical advice. I would recommend it for busy executives wanting a high-level understanding of the Mindfulness cult.
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  Richard Smyth

  Very Disappointing - a few HBR articles from reputable authors but very little depth
  
  I got to the end of the « book » and thought I had read a sample - I have read very good books from 2 contributors - Langer & Goleman but their articles here are just a few pages and very meagre in content - HBR has over leveraged its brand with this publication.
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  Rob

  Consists of nine very brief essays on mindfulness and how to use mindfulness in the workplace. An excellent sampler plate, but not enough meat to satisfy. I look at these HBR books as a wonderful means of getting the gist of a subject, while exposing myself to a number of highly skilled experts whose work I can explore further if I liked their sections in these books.
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  Dave

  As a practitioner of mindfulness, I found this book helpful but also a little repetitive. The essays by Dacher Keltner and Daniel Goleman put a focus on leadership and mindfulness which has become the topic of the moment. Overall..quick afternoon read on how to slow down and become more mindful as opposed to more mindless in our lives.
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  Thao Phuong

  How to practice mindfulness throughout your work day: start off your day right. intermitten meditation
  Emotional agility: recognize your patterns, label your thoughts and emotions, accept them, act on your values