MEDITATION CAN MAKE
YOU A
Badass
AN EASY TO FOLLOW TECHNIQUE FOR
FITTING MEDIATION INTO ANY SCHEDULE TO
INCREASE FOCUS AND PRODUCTIVITY.
by Jo Gilbert
S
eriously? I bet you never
thought you would see those
two words together in the same
headline!
Here I am sitting in the Lotus
position, legs crossed, my arms
by my side with my fore fingers
touching the tips of my thumbs,
my eyes closed, listening to the
sounds of the ocean! You get the
picture?
Well here’s the thing, I’m not sitting
like that at all! I’ve never even
contemplated yoga or sitting in the
lotus position when I meditate! I
hardly ever listen to meditation
type music either.
So, if I may, I’d like to dispel a
few myths or perceptions about
meditation, as it really is one of
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the best self-development tools to
enhance performance and improve
my focus I have ever come across.
I use meditation to stamp out
procrastination, like putting off the
important stuff and scrolling social
media, chatting on WhatsApp or
doing something less important
instead. As a self-employed, work
from home, business owner,
focus is really important to ensure
I’m delivering for my clients and
showing up for my business.
A study completed in 2017 by
small business UK, revealed
that businesses in the UK are
potentially losing out on a
collective nine million work hours
each day, due to employees who
get easily distracted by social
media and other things online,
rather than completing the work
they are meant to be doing. That’s
a whopping £70.4m plus per
day, paid out in wages for staff
to procrastinate if every one of
those hours were paid at national
minimum wage rate, the true figure
is probably much higher.
I have to hold my hand up and
say as a self-employed business
owner, I used to be so guilty of this
too.
Meditation helps me to focus
on the job at hand, making me a
productivity badass! I get things
completed far more quickly than
ever before, which gives me more
time to either do more tasks and
increase revenue and profits or I
simply use that spare time I now
find myself with the luxury of, to
simply enjoy life on my terms.