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    Office Zen: 101 Ways to Make Your Work Space Calm, Happy, and Productive
    Office Zen: 101 Ways to Make Your Work Space Calm, Happy, and Productive
    Office Zen: 101 Ways to Make Your Work Space Calm, Happy, and Productive
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    Office Zen: 101 Ways to Make Your Work Space Calm, Happy, and Productive

    By Emma Silverman

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    You do not need to climb to the top of the coldest, highest mountain to be Zen. You do not need to crawl on your hands and knees, seal yourself away in a cave, or stop eating birthday cake. Most importantly, at least for this book, you do not have to quit your job to be Zen. In Office Zen, you will learn how Zen can exist in any moment and any place, even the most stressful and high-strung office.

    Office Zen will be the first book to incorporate the Zen principles of mindfulness and simplicity into the home office and work station by

    providing tips on how to remove clutter from your work space
    teaching meditation and stretching exercises to destress in two minutes or less
    laying the frame work for a healthy work-life balance

    Zen, and other mindfulness practices like it, asks us to examine the world around us with an emphasis on kindness and compassion toward ourselves and others. By being more meditative and calm in your daily interactions, you can bring peace into your workplace and happiness into your life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse
    Release dateMay 16, 2017
    ISBN9781510716650
    Office Zen: 101 Ways to Make Your Work Space Calm, Happy, and Productive

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      Office Zen - Emma Silverman

      Introduction

      You do not need to climb to the top of the coldest, highest mountain to be Zen. You do not need to crawl on your hands and knees, seal yourself away in a cave, or stop eating birthday cake. Most importantly, at least for these pages, you do not have to quit your job to be Zen. In Office Zen: 101 Ways to Make Your Work Space Calm, Happy, and Productive, you will learn how Zen can exist in any moment and any place, especially the office.

      This book is divided into chapters that touch on every aspect of our work experience. From the food we eat to the relationships we create, Zen invites us to pay more attention to every part of our office life. If one aspect of your workday is feeling out of balance, simply turn to that chapter and read through quick and simple tips that will immediately change your day for the better.

      These teachings can help us be present, cultivate simplicity and ease, and feel peaceful toward ourselves and others. Most of us spend more time in the office than anywhere else. It’s time that you brought intention and awareness to the desk, more joy to your job, and Zen into your office!

      Before Work

      Preparing for the Day

      1

      Setting Your Alarm

      Beginnings are important—and so is the beginning of each day.

      Everyone knows there’s a big psychological difference between waking up with an alarm and waking up whenever you please, but there’s also a physiological difference, a change in how our bodies respond. Start your day off right by using an app or an alarm clock that tracks the stages of your sleep cycle. By nudging you awake when you’re in the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) stage—the stage of sleep when your brain frequency most resembles the awake brain—these alarms make it easier to get out of bed and let your body adjust faster to being awake.

      2

      Breakfast

      Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? Maybe not.

      That oft-quoted line first came to us courtesy of an article published in 1917 in Good Health (a magazine edited by one Dr. Kellogg—name sound familiar?). In the century since its publication, dozens of scientific studies have been published on the subject. The conclusion? Well, it seems even the scientific community is still debating that one. If you can’t think clearly without eating something first thing in the morning, eat something—preferably low in sugar and high in protein. If you’re not hungry until noon, don’t force yourself to eat. Nobody likes hangry office mates, but it’s also a challenge to be productive while in a food coma.

      3

      Tea Ceremony

      A traditional Japanese tea ceremony with origins in Zen Buddhism, sometimes called the Way of the Tea, can last up to four hours.

      Take time at the start of every day to drink your favorite morning beverage. Let’s be clear: I am not recommending setting your alarm a few hours early. Instead, pick a favorite morning beverage: Moroccan mint, strawberry-banana smoothie, orange pekoe tea, coffee so strong it can take the varnish off your floor. While preparing your favorite morning beverage, do nothing else. No radio, no morning news in the background, no discussions about money and time management with your partner. Finally, while drinking your favorite morning beverage, also do nothing. You can multitask like a champion while it’s cooling down (it’s okay to take baby steps on the path to Zen), but while you’re drinking it, close your eyes and notice how it tastes. This whole process should take five to ten minutes, max, but it

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