Mindfulness and Entrepreneurship: How Breathing Can Help Our Work

We live in the age of distraction, and to be a successful entrepreneur requires razor sharp focus. Our attention is jostled around like a pinball by technology, our surroundings and our work. Then there are moments when we’re consumed by overwhelming stresses like the omnipresent pressure of being a new business beholden to investors or the challenge of having to do things outside our skill set. Since entrepreneurship doesn’t conform to a nine-to-five framework, coping can’t always come in the form of an after-hours stress reliever. Weaving mindfulness techniques into the workday can provide an immediate release of the pressure valve of stress, diminish distractions and allow us to do better work. Read More.