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Real Happiness at Work
Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace | Sharon Salzberg
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Real Happiness at Work brings the profound benefits of meditation to an area where people could use it mostthe workplace. And its written by one of the worlds leading meditation teachers. A follow-up to Real Happiness, the New York Times bestseller, Sharon Salzbergs Real Happiness at Work is a practical guide to improving work life through mindfulness, compassion, and ingenuity. Its about being committed without being consumed, competitive without being cruel, managing time and emotions to counterbalance stress and frustration. It shows readers how to be more creative, organized, and accomplished in order to do better, more productive work. Dividing the idea of workplace satisfaction into eight pillars, Real Happiness at Work is filled with secular wisdom; core meditations on broad themes like motivation, awareness, and seeing the good in others; and more than a dozen exercises, including Moving From Me to We and When Things Go Wrong. Sprinkled throughout the book are short stealth meditations, the kind that are quick, private, and doable anywhereLet the phone ring three times, follow your breath, then pick it up and For an upcoming one-on-one conversation, resolve to listen more and speak less. Even the best jobs are filled with stress, tough deadlines, impatient bosses, seemingly endless meetingsall the ills of harried life. But as science increasingly shows, meditation is the antidote.
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NatalieR
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I decided I better get my act together and read this book before I retire in a few months! I adore Sharon Salzberg and appreciate her wisdom. In this book, she teaches readers how to incorporate meditation into their work life to better cope with stressful meetings, pressing deadlines, and difficult people. ☮️

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KathyWheeler I probably could have used something like this earlier in my career. 😊 A few months before I retired though, I just refused to stress about anything. I did my job, but didn‘t allow people to pressure me. 5mo
NatalieR @KathyWheeler I‘m with you! 😀 Fortunately, I‘m able to phase myself out by reducing the days I work and my workload. It‘s amazing and perfect for my mental health. 🧘🏻‍♀️ 5mo
KathyWheeler @NatalieR I had just gone back to the building after working from home during COVID, then my husband got really sick so I went back to work from home, then I decided to retire and never really went back to the building unless I had to. So I‘d sort of phased myself out in terms of a physical presence. It was great for my mental health. 5mo
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NatalieR @KathyWheeler I‘m sorry your husband got sick. I‘m glad you had a peaceful end to your career. I hope you‘re enjoying retirement. 🩷 5mo
KathyWheeler @NatalieR It was so scary when he was sick; it took him more than a year to fully recover, but he‘s better now. I am enjoying retirement. ❤️ 5mo
peaKnit I‘m retiring in 6 months and I am feeling myself disengage. I like the idea of not allowing myself to be pressured. I am going to try that. Thanks! 5mo
NatalieR @KathyWheeler I‘m so happy your husband has recovered and you‘re enjoying retirement! ❤️ 5mo
NatalieR @peaKnit Congratulations! I am feeling disengaged too. Some of it is intentional. I have to learn to separate myself. It‘s going to happen soon anyway. 😅 I hope the tip works for you! 🤞 5mo
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SarahKKillion
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Feeling burnt out! Check it out!

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Just realised how very literature themed my office desk actually is. Okay, this is the English Lit department but I still had a moment just now when I admired the clutter that is my workplace. It has Alice tea, Harry Potter tickets and Bertie BottMs beans, a Narnia postcard, Virginia Woolf poster, Shakespeare figurine, Gaiman books, etc. Not to forget my Litsy around the world mug. 😊

I-read-and-eat Love it! I work best when surrounded by stuff 😊 7y
Mariposa_Bookworm Is that a Shakespeare bobble-head? I love it! Where'd you get him? 7y
JazzFeathers 😍 l work in a bookshop, but it is nowhere as literary themed... unfortunately 7y
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Little_Reader Looks like a fine workspace! 😍 7y
Reviewsbylola I love it! 7y
Cinfhen Great work space 👏🏻💜👏🏻 7y
Sarah83 really lovely 😍 7y
LeahBergen 😍😍 7y
Zelma Love it! 👍💜 7y
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