This is a speech that author Charles R. Jackson delivered at an AA meeting in Cleveland, Ohio in 1959. Jackson is best known for his ground-breaking novel "The Lost Weekend" which was made into an Oscar-winning film starring Ray Milland.
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Henri Simon Thomassin: Allegory on Melancholy, with a woman kneeling towards the left holding a skull
Creative Commons from circa 1729–40, etching and engraving, dimensions of the sheet: 42 × 25.7 cm, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Allegory on Melancholy, with a woman kneeling towards the left holding a skull
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Mindfulness-based interventions in the workplace.
Mindfulness Training Reduces Stress at Work: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
Mindfulness-based interventions have been suggested as one way to improve employee well-being in the workplace.
Despite these purported benefits, there have been few well-controlled randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating mindfulness training in the workplace.
Here, we conducted a two-arm RCT at work among employees of a digital marketing firm comparing the efficacy of a high-dose 6-week mindfulness training to a low-dose single-day mindfulness training for improving multiple measures of employee well-being assessed using ecological momentary assessment.
High-dose mindfulness training reduced both perceived and momentary stress, and buffered employees against worsened affect and decreased coping efficacy compared to low-dose mindfulness training.
These results provide well-controlled evidence that mindfulness training programs can reduce momentary stress at work, suggesting that more intensive mindfulness training doses (i.e., 6 weeks) may be necessary for improving workplace well-being outcomes.
This RCT utilizes a novel experience sampling approach to measure the effects of a mindfulness intervention on employee well-being and considers potential dose-response effects of mindfulness training at work.
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Friday, January 3, 2020
Friday Motivation
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Don't allow your pride to be your downfall. Acknowledging a mistake is very painful for people; but not nearly as painful as refusing to admit you've made one to begin with. Acknowledging you've made a mistake is a sign of strength, not a sign of weakness."
"We spend so much time and we're so consumed with seeking the approval of others that we never take a second to contemplate that the people who we're seeking approval from are people that we often don't approve of ourselves. Never choose based on insecurity."
Sean Hall talking about joy. Sean suggests we manage our energy, not our time. He also suggests that we create time for the stuff that energised us and remove the tasks and people that don't. #happinessanditscauses #PechaKucha
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