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Leah Weiss wears many hats: she's a researcher, professor, consultant, and author. Much of her work to date has surrounded cultivating compassion in the workplace. Her upcoming book, to be released in March 2018, ventures into the realm of bringing mindfulness into the workplace. It turns out, it's not only possible to do so, but it completely transforms the way people experience their work for the better. Hate your job? This interview is PERFECT for you. But you don't have to hate your job to get a lot out of it. Leah Weiss can help you elevate your experience at work no matter your starting point of happiness.

In This Interview, Leah Weiss and I Discuss...

The Wolf Parable
Her book How We Work: Live Your Purpose, Reclaim Your Sanity and Embrace the Daily Grind
The importance of and impact of our experience at work
Mindfulness: the intentional use of attention
The illusion of multitasking
Looking differently at what we're already doing vs doing something differently
Taking all of your life onto the path
How mindfulness helps you transform the experience
The importance of directing our attention to something we've been avoiding because it's painful
How the strategy of avoidance or resistance leads us to be more unhappy
The three types of mindfulness training that we can bring to work
Being in your body
Metacognition
Focus
The Pomodoro Technique
Our crazy streams of consciousness
Eudaimonic happiness vs Hedonic happiness
A helpful strategy for dealing with people who annoy you - in life and at work

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Leah Weiss on the Power of Mindfulness in the Workplace