Zen Habits: 5 Principles for A Profound Workday
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5 PRINCIPLES FOR
A PROFOUND WORKDAYanwara.net in seach for peace of mind
http://zenhabits.net/profound
FORGET productivity, time management,
efficiency, the bottom line.
What belong to an empty room?
EMPTYyour time and mind.
Does poetry and beauty matters?
Empty Your Mind …
In Silence and Solitude
Schedule is full, • No room
for change.
Day is full of noise, • No space
to think.
Empty your day
Clear your schedule
Fill it with anything.
Create something different.
Find silence and solitude.
Slow Down and Be Mindful …
Slow and Mindful
• leaves us with less time
Rushing • pay attention
Slow down
• of small or large activity
Be mindful • When you are done
• Move to the next …
Enjoy the motion
Start Each Day By Creating
Make a difference
• Use gift of your day – For mindfull creative tasks– Not mindless repetitive stuff.
• Start each day by creating.– End the day with something amazing.
• Make space at beginning of your day – Don’t get lost in emails, networking and reading.– Delight people
• Make people want to help you. – Make a difference.
Simplify
Keep Things Simple
Simplify• You will find emptiness,
solitude, silence, slowness, mindfulness
• What’s on your desk right now? – What are 3 items you
really need? – Remove everything else.
• What’s on your schedule? – What 3 tasks that would
make a difference in your life?
– Eliminate everything else that you can.
Be Flexible …
Allow Flexibility
Profoundness• Not within• Non external• In the space in between
• Change is natural flow of things.
• Be open to whatever happens
• Deal with change as it happens
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyFrench writer (1900 - 1944)