pressing pause: the key to business success and personal resilience

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The Business JourneyEvent No.57 May 2014

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Susan Grandfield

“Pressing Pause:the key to business success and

personal resilience”Susan Grandfield

The Business Journey

7th May 2014

Creating focus I Developing capability I Achieving aspirations

Imagine….

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• Re-focus• Re-balance• Gain clarity • Expand your awareness

The Challenge

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• More information• More choice• More change• More pressure• More fear

• Less time

The Neuroscience

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• “Doing” quickly exhausts our pre-frontal cortex• Our 24/7 life-style results in ambient neural activity • Our threat response is active more than is healthy• 95% of what we do is subconscious

• We can re-shape our brain – neuroplasticity

Pressing Pause

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10 minutes each day:• Increases your ability to focus• Improves your memory• Improves your decision making• Reduces stress and anxiety• Increases your self-confidence• Improves your mental and physical health

Want to know more?

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• “Mindfulness: finding peace in a frantic world” Mark Williams & Danny Penman

• “Thinking, fast and slow” Daniel Kahneman

• “Make your brain work” Amy Brann

Thank you

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mob / 07940 386 358

e-mail / susan@sgdevelopmentsolutions.com

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