Modern Mindfulness Techniques for Coders and Other Knowledge Workers
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Presents modern mindfulness techniques used at companies like Google and SAP to train core skills useful in software development—focus, clarity, and calm. Explains the scientific evidence for mindfulness, describes how practicing it lets you recognize and 'hack' your mind’s habits, and includes a guided practice with coding analogies (and a cat video).
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:32Mindfulness mainstream
- 6:36Meditation explained
- 7:46Three mindfulness skills
- 8:49Focus training
- 13:42Clarity for understanding
- 16:14Calmness to reduce stress
- 20:10Guided breathing
- 29:50Meditation science
- 33:44Meditation changes brain
- 38:17Mindfulness at work
- 41:32Summary & Q&A
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