The Alchemy of Mindfulness

The practice of Alchemy has references in two completely different yet related contexts. The physical aspect of alchemy is the process whereby ancient alchemists attempted to turn lead into gold. The second context is in the realm of the mystical, where it refers to the transformation of the egocentric, emotion and thought-obsessed mind into a much more effective quiet mind. In a sense, spiritual alchemy is the process of turning the profane into the profound. 

It is both my belief that we can, most certainly, achieve this alchemical process at a mind level, resulting in significantly enhanced creativity and its resultant innovation, more cohesive teams which regularly “exceed the sum of their parts”, and an understated yet very effective leadership style. This process doesn’t teach people how to be, but instead teaches them how to access their inherent creativity and apply that most powerful force to the areas most critical to the mutual success of employee, team, and employer. I call this process Mindfulness and it is the emotional and mental equivalent of the physical and spiritual alchemies prior mentioned. The result is highly motivated, genuine, and self-realized employees who not only execute better individually, but contribute to synergistic, high-performance teams and organizations. Your leaders are able to develop an authentic leadership style which will allow them to adeptly balance corporate goals with the ability to inspire loyalty and commitment from team members.

 

Whether your team is a large corporate project team or a smaller team of people trying to jettison a new company, mindfulness is intended to improve and ensure your continued well-being as a company while making your workplace a place where employees want to be and where they can commit in a way only happy, motivated, and aware employees can.