Benefits of Meditation for Decision Makers
Kiem 金 Andre Hsu
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“Don’t make any decision when you are emotional. Just don’t. Calm down first.”
That’s what I usually tell my business associates when they contact me to discuss matters which stress them out, which they need someone, me in that context, to bounce ideas with and help suggest ways.
Just as when dirt is stirred can blur an entire pool or pond, our mind is also like that. The equivalent of mental dirt is negative emotions rooted in varying degree of greed, hatred or delusion. Some can be light, some can be very intense, heavy.
Ultimately, we are all humans irrespective of whatever official and non-official titles or labels we hold.
As humans who are not yet fully enlightened, we do have emotions.
And when our emotions run high, it is best not to rush into any decisions especially the highly strategic ones with serious long-term impact, implications.
Meditation is a possible way for us to regain clarity.
It is a tool to help clear negative energy patterns.
It is quite simple to do too. One way is to focus on an object which can be a candle, a point at a distance or one’s inflow and outflow of breath.
From there, we can regain clarity. We can see things rationally, objectively.
Only then the next benefit of having flow of inspiration, fresh ideas can come.
They can come when our mind is relaxed, clear.
This is a similar way the famous former chief of Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, was known to write his speeches while in bathtub.
He admitted to working while lying on the floor and looking at the ceiling too. And no shame about that. He was just being his authentic self.
That’s probably his way of getting his body, mind to relax so he could be open to broad range of possibilities he could consider in his role in which any decision would have impact on not just the American economy but also the rest of the world.
Hence that’s probably as good example as we could have on decision makers needing to have some ways other than sitting on desks and being very stiff, formal in conducting their work and devising solutions and making tough decisions.
It doesn’t mean with meditation we can become perfect. Not at all. It is nonetheless a tool which can help us make decent decisions.
Alan Greenspan was not perfect either. But he was at the top of the Fed from 1987 to 2006 which was a very long time.
Most of the time he did a good job in steering the American economy and taking into consideration the role of their currency as global reserve currency not just a local currency to the American economy.
Most of us do not have that kind of mega size economic implications at stake but we can still find it useful to meditate, get clear, and improve quality of our decisions over time especially those with long-term effects on the economic, financial and personal well being of people.
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3 年Doing one thing or thought at a time with clear focus and attention is also a near equivalent to meditation as long as it is not distracted or disturbed by other factors, emotions and situations happening inside and outside a person’s mind and body!
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3 年It is great as long as people is fit/ready and equipped to do it. “Preparing the soil is necessary before seeding Change. Otherwise, no change will ever happen” Hitoshi Yamada Easier to say. Harder to do, Thank you for sharing
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3 年Thank you Andre. I am slowly incorporating meditation into my daily routine . In the past I found that it helped me through some challenging times and very difficult decisions.