How to Train Your Mind: Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation
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Meditation makes you more productive because it lets you earn back time. For each minute you spend meditating, you'll earn around nine minutes back, as Chris Bailey - author of The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus - will show in this candid and counter-intuitive guide to the productivity benefits of meditation. How to Train Your Mind digs deep into the practical, tactical benefits of a meditation practice - and how to integrate a meditation ritual into your own life. In addition to calming your mind and allowing you to slow down in an overanxious world, research shows that meditation can de-stimulate your mind so you can think more clearly, procrastinate less, and be more effective at everything you do - at work and at home. Featuring guided meditations designed to fit your busy, unpredictable schedule, How to Train Your Mind is the ideal guide for anyone looking to improve productivity without sacrificing time. While much has been written about the spiritual and intangible benefits of meditation, as far as our productivity is concerned, meditation is in a league all its own. Review: Consistent - What impressed me most about Puzzle Me Not is how unified it feels. There are many themes—pain, resilience, forgiveness, self-compassion, support, faith, mindfulness—but they all circle around one central idea: life can be reassembled, not by force, but by patience . That conceptual coherence makes the book more effective than a typical collection of inspirational pieces. The chapter on cultivating self-compassion was especially strong. The author doesn’t present kindness toward oneself as optional or indulgent. Instead, it is framed as a necessary practice, something that supports endurance when the road gets long . I found that framing persuasive and emotionally satisfying. The book’s biggest stylistic trait is repetition. It repeats its key images and phrases a lot, and while that might sound limiting, it actually creates a meditative pulse. The writing often feels like it is trying to settle the reader rather than surprise them . That’s a valid choice, and in this case it works. I also appreciated the sense of progression across the chapters. The book moves from identifying hidden strength to taking action, then to finding support, and finally to living more fully in the present . It feels like a genuine arc of inner work. This isn’t the kind of book you read for wit, irony, or narrative complexity. You read it for reassurance, reflection, and the feeling that someone is speaking directly to the part of you that needs encouragement . On that level, it does its job very well Review: Good self-help book helping productivity - In five episodes, the author through his ‘retreat’ lists the importance of how meditation helped him and others in their life and handling negative emotions and gaining back time. There are even episodes where the author teaches guided meditation to the readers. Good book in teaching meditation and how to increase productivity. Nice narration.
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Consistent
What impressed me most about Puzzle Me Not is how unified it feels. There are many themes—pain, resilience, forgiveness, self-compassion, support, faith, mindfulness—but they all circle around one central idea: life can be reassembled, not by force, but by patience . That conceptual coherence makes the book more effective than a typical collection of inspirational pieces. The chapter on cultivating self-compassion was especially strong. The author doesn’t present kindness toward oneself as optional or indulgent. Instead, it is framed as a necessary practice, something that supports endurance when the road gets long . I found that framing persuasive and emotionally satisfying. The book’s biggest stylistic trait is repetition. It repeats its key images and phrases a lot, and while that might sound limiting, it actually creates a meditative pulse. The writing often feels like it is trying to settle the reader rather than surprise them . That’s a valid choice, and in this case it works. I also appreciated the sense of progression across the chapters. The book moves from identifying hidden strength to taking action, then to finding support, and finally to living more fully in the present . It feels like a genuine arc of inner work. This isn’t the kind of book you read for wit, irony, or narrative complexity. You read it for reassurance, reflection, and the feeling that someone is speaking directly to the part of you that needs encouragement . On that level, it does its job very well
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Good self-help book helping productivity
In five episodes, the author through his ‘retreat’ lists the importance of how meditation helped him and others in their life and handling negative emotions and gaining back time. There are even episodes where the author teaches guided meditation to the readers. Good book in teaching meditation and how to increase productivity. Nice narration.
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Easy to train
I happened to listen the Audible version of the book and it was good. I am not into meditation but the thoughts I had about the subject are so close to the content of the book that I liked it. It was a random pick but turned out to be a good one. I liked the easy methods mentioned in the book, I guess this book is for those who are very little into meditation but not for those you are a daily practioner of the same. Overall, good for a starter or someone who wants to understand the process more.
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