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"Meditation lets you reach your full inspiration potential. Your calm demeanor, focused attitude and increase in achievments can serve as a model to everyone you work with, whether they are a " newbie on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder or a CEO. get sick as much or don’t suffer from issues such as tension headaches. Productivity has the potential to increase simply because workers don’t call in sick when they should be on the job, and you might end up paying less to cover your employee’s healthcare costs.   Lastly, meditation lets you reach your full inspiration potential. Your calm demeanor, focused attitude and increase in achievements can serve as a model to everyone you work with, whether they are a newbie on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder or a CEO.   How do you foster meditation in a business?   Encouraging meditation in your enterprise can be as simple as offering more frequent, short breaks employees can use to recharge. You also can dedicate time in your meetings to the meditative process, explaining that taking the time to relax, think through information or options and share with each other ultimately makes work more efficient and cooperative. Another option is to provide meditation resources for your workers, such as fragrant candles, books, or a quiet room where they can go when overwhelmed. Sending meditative quotes each day through email or chat is cost- and timeeffective, as well.   Conclusion   Meditation is simply purposeful, intentional reflection. It does not require any specific approach. Bringing it into your business offers multiple advantages, in cluding better stability and higher profits. Every company is different and, therefore, needs unique approaches to developing an atmosphere conducive to the meditative process, but simply being willing to try something new is the first step.   References:   Bregman, P. (2012). If You’re Too Busy to Meditate, Read This.   Forbes (2014). How Meditation Can Make You a Better Leader.   Lockhart, J. and Hicken, M. (2012). 14 Executives Who Swear by Meditation. CLARITY MAGAZINE march 2014 17