Flexing Your Mental Muscles – PJ Eby

It was recorded for his online course.

Just like working out regularly and consistently will show a gradual growth in your bicep and quads, the more you practiceMindfulness the bigger your mental muscle becomes to approach situations differently and in a more open minded way.

Working out your mental muscle is a great way to improve your leadership skills, such as resilience, open-mindedness, and patience. Being patient with yourself will slow down your impulse to judge things quickly.

Chances are you won’t succeed if you wake up one morning and decide to run a marathon after sitting on the couch and eating chips for weeks. In order to become directly in charge of your emotions, you must work.

Emotions can never be directly controlled. It is not possible for your boss to simply approach you and say, Just be happy now! because emotions are deeply functional and have been our survival method for thousands of years.

1. on the here-and-now. Really emphasize the importance of the task at hand.
2. , and see if you can become aware of how quickly or rashly you might be judging situations.
3. Become more adept at . Look at everyone involved in a situation and try to see it from their point of view.
4. Attempt to see each challenging situation not as a daunting, impossible task, but as an

If you can begin to grasp those concepts, you will be able to create a link between resilience and mindfulness in your life and in your organization.

The President’s Award from her alma mater, Washington State University, is one of the academic awards Dr. Jutta Tobias has received for her work on entrepreneurial and social change. Dr. Tobais is a contributor to the course.

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