10 Things You Can Do to Have More Peace, Earn More Money, and Be More Successful at Work
As business competition is rising tremendously, being innovative and productive is the best choice for employees who want to excel in the workplace. Employees who simply overwork themselves and allow themselves to become overstressed ultimately lose productivity. Stressful minds will never be productive and in most cases, the employee will start to actually hate his or her job.
You can improve your productivity when your mind is at peace and you can make that occur with tools like meditation and yoga. Meditation is a simple, effective method that can help you to improve your productivity. If you are completely relaxed and stress-free, then your mind will also work more effectively.
Benefits of Meditation:
- Meditation has great recharging capacity.
- Meditation can improve focus and memory.
- You will be energetic throughout a day just by doing half an hour meditation.
- Meditation increases the blood circulation of your brain.
- With meditation, you have better planning capacity.
- Meditation is the best stress reliever, and it doesn’t cost a penny
- Meditation will enhance your creativity.
10 Tips to Have More Peace, Earn More Money, and Be More Successful
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Meditation
If you want to create the proper foundation to establish long-lasting peace of mind, then there’s no way around meditation. In fact, if someone were to ask me, “What is the most powerful way to create peace of mind?” I would recommend meditation without the shadow of a doubt. It is simply the most effective thing you can do.
How can you make use of meditation to find inner peace and harmony? All you need is 15-30 minutes a day for the following mindfulness meditation:
- Sit with eyes closed, either on a cushion or a chair
- Make sure your back is straight
- Focus your attention on your breathing
- Be aware of the breath as it goes in and out
- Redirect your focus back if your mind starts wandering
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Learn to trust yourself.
“It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. As you heal and grow, it will all work out. Relax and trust yourself.”
Repeat that in your mind every morning. Because the truth is, it all works out in the end. Put your full trust in yourself by following your intuition and doing your best, and then move forward one step at a time with faith and confidence in the future. Life will not forsake you. Love, persistence and hard work combined rarely lead a person astray in the long run.
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Regulate certain media distractions
Uncontrolled media consumption can cause great turbulence within our mind. These media distractions range from negative television, radio, newspapers and magazines to violent or disturbing video games and music. They all have in common that certain types within these media categories can heavily affect your mental state in a negative way.
If you’re really serious about establishing inner harmony it’s important to avoid certain types of media distractions at any costs:
- Avoid certain types of movies, i.e. horror, thriller, etc.
- Reduce television time, for the greatest benefits
- Avoid negative, “shock-type” news on TV or in the newspaper. If it doesn’t help you evaluate a political candidate or determine a direction of action, it’s doing you no good.
- Stay away from certain types of music. If it doesn’t help you connect to “Spirit” or to people, if it doesn’t make you feel better about life, you don’t need it.
- Stop playing video games that are negative in nature, and Regulate your use of video games in general
As we are already on the subject, the following should also be avoided:
- Avoid being dragged into heavily emotional discussions about recent political and societal developments. Discussing it will not solve the problem, but it will heavily affect your ability to find peace of mind
- Stay away from negative people and negative conversations
- Learn to accept the things that cannot be changed. Worrying about it or even getting upset about it will do nothing to solve the issue, but it will waste your precious time and energy.
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In your career, Invest In Strengths, Not Weaknesses
The things you are good at will turn out to be very important to your employer ( otherwise, you’ll need to re-examine that relationship ). With a 7 year career, focusing on things you are good at rather will be much better at netting raises and promotions than shoring up your weaknesses.
Listen to this piece of advice: Find some aspect you can be known for, and get extremely good at it.
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Choose A Rocket Ship
Imagine you are a total badass at your job. You walk in and everything you touch turns to gold. But you work at a struggling small company that is burning money and whose product is not well received. Do you think you’ll be paid top dollar compared to the rest of the market?
The difference in the companies profit curve can cause 50-100% compensation differences between equally qualified people. An excellent salesperson can be making double what a counterpart makes at another company simply because the sales velocity and ticket size of the first product is better than at the second. Programmers can have 40% salary differentials in companies in the same city.
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Pick A High Demand Area In Your Field
Say you’re a software engineer. You could work on web, back-end, all sorts of aspects. Retooling is a pain but doable in your field. It is completely worth your time to focus on the areas that are most in-demand. Mobile engineers at one firm I’m close to were on average $30k higher for new hires than web or back-end engineers.
For those who are just starting out, know that some roles are just frankly more valuable to a company than others. Revenue-generating roles such as sales tend to be some of the most well-compensated employees in the firm.
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Work how you work best
Not everyone works equally well in identical settings. While you may not have an option to work behind closed doors if your company favors an open floor plan, there are work habits you can develop to play to your strengths and improve your focus. A recent survey by office furniture company Turnstone found that 32 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds prefer working individually in a lounge setting over a traditional work environment.
If your company doesn’t provide your ideal space, think about simple changes you can make to your daily work environment. “Not everyone works the same way, so don’t feel restricted by the space that you’re in,” says Brian Shapland, general manager at Turnstone. “If you need to do head-down work, use headphones, or find a secluded area in the office to set up shop. If you need to be inspired, seek out a collaborative space so you can bounce ideas off of co-workers.”
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Control your attitude
The mood you bring to work can affect not only your own morale and work performance, but also that of those around you. Therefore, another healthy habit to practice daily is taking control of your mental attitude. “An old saying goes: ‘The city of happiness is in the state of mind,'” says Karla Brandau, CEO of Workplace Power Institute. “To enjoy more satisfaction at work, it is important to regularly check your viewpoint, because negativity can dominate your life, which depresses not only your mind, spirit and body but your productivity level.”
An additional strategy for attitude adjustment is to practice being where you are at work rather than thinking about outside relationships and personal challenges. “If you are physically at work and are focusing on other life issues, then you aren’t mentally at work,” says Mike Rodriguez, professional speaker, training expert and author. “This means you cannot perform in an effective manner.”
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Eat Better!
How you fuel your body before, during and even after work can have significant repercussions on your ability to perform at your best.
Kristen Smith, a registered dietitian based in Atlanta, recommends that employees start by establishing a meal schedule and planning meals that will be eaten at work. “You may need to pack a meal or snack to ensure you do not go a substantial time without eating,” she says.
Further, eat a meal within one hour of waking and continuing eating snacks or meals every three to four hours thereafter; including a low-calorie, protein-rich food in your first meal of the day, such as eggs or Greek yogurt; stay hydrated by drinking at least four to six cups of non-sugary beverages at work; and avoid caffeine several hours prior to the end of your workday to allow for adequate sleep when you leave the office.
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Don’t dwell
Your after-work habits help set the tone for your next day in the office, so it’s important to get them right. When you have a bad day at work, you may find yourself replaying the events of the day over and over in your mind on your commute home.
Paula Thompson, founder of Foresight Coaching & Consulting, points out that mentally imagining conversations that did not go well activates the same biochemical and hormonal processes in your body as when the event originally occurred. “You are literally physically recreating the event in your body, keeping your stress hormones high,” she says. “If you find yourself dwelling, allow yourself 10 minutes to purposefully replay the event in your mind, identify what you can learn from the experience, and then close the flashback and move on.”
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References:
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/how-meditation-can-help-improve-your-productivity.html
https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2015/08/17/7-daily-habits-that-can-make-you-more-successful-at-work