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What is Mindfulness?

• Our attention is hijacked by our thoughts and emotions, by our concerns, by our worries for the future, and our regrets and memories of the past.
• Mindfulness is awareness of the present moment. It is about learning to pay attention, in the present moment, and without judgment.
• It can be trained like a muscle – training attention to be where you want it to be.
• Be director of your life: mindfulness reduces your tendency to react on autopilot, it is about allowing you to choose how you respond.

Why care?

In a complex, fast moving environment it becomes more and more important to consciously navigate yourself and your teams. Mindfulness builds the core emotional intelligence skills needed to increase well-being and become an effective self-leader as well as a leader of others.

It‘s scientifically validated that practicing mindfulness has various beneficial effects on our well-being, e.g.:

• Increased emotional intelligence
• Regulated emotions, reduced stress
• Act and react adequately to situations
• Increased focus and attention

Get started with Mindfulness

To get started, watch this short video.