“The skill of learning to pause is so simple, yet powerful. It’s one thing we can all use to break out habitual thinking, monkey mind and reactions”
In a world of distractions, disruption and change we are constantly pulled out of the present moment The challenge is that everything we want to experience in life — from flow state to deep connection to impact — happens there. The present moment. Sometimes we think these things happen by chance, but the truth is we can train our minds to find the present moment more effectively, more efficiently and more often.
How do we do this?
Through an ancient practice that couldn’t be more relevant in our modern world.
Mindfulness.
In this episode of the MindShift Lab we’re joined by IBM’s Global Mindfulness Leader, Patrick Kozakiewicz.
Patrick is an agile thought leader, enterprise design thinking coach and mindfulness teacher, who enjoys teaching and learning about attention, awareness and engagement. He believes strongly in the power of the mind, presence and building new connections. Patrick leads programs, designs courses and teaches mindfulness with and for hundreds of thousands of people across the globe and age spectrum within the sport, corporate and education sectors. He’s the Program leader for Mindfulness at IBM, has created a mindfulness training course in partnership with the University of Oxford and expert in mindful leadership. Patrick is also the Co-Founder of Uloo.me – The Habit Store. An app where habits and goals are realized together.
We talk about why mindfulness is so important in an era of disruption, chaos, and change, why mindfulness won’t make you complacent based on a study of the United States Special Forces, and how to implement a mindfulness practice to level up your life at work and at home.
Let’s dive in.
