Artist, Creating Coach and Author | Rebekah Younger
Institute for Compassionate Leadership
Mindfulness and Compassion at Work Summit
Being Mindful at Work is to acknowledge that work only offers us the present moment -- which is fleeting and fickle and constantly surprising. Work, with all its pressures and successes and confusion, unfolds on its terms not ours and we can be awake as it unfolds or we can resist -- a choice we can and will make moment by moment for the rest of our lives.
When we are Awake at Work, we are alert and attentive in the present moment, willing to perform our jobs properly. By cultivating such precision, we can feel clear-minded and available on the job -- free from doubt and complication.
Humility is total openness where we shed our costumes of self-importance and discover that we are comfortable and powerful being no one in particular. And if we cultivate this humility in a very literal sense it does not matter what our job station is, which can then make all the difference in the world. "Whatever you do will be insignificant," said Mahatma Gandhi. "But it is very important that you do it."
Artist, Creating Coach and Author | Rebekah Younger
Institute for Compassionate Leadership
Mindfulness and Compassion at Work Summit