16 May, 2016
Hong Kong’s high-octane lifestyle lends itself to burning the candle at both ends. For the stressed corporate exec who feels strung out and overwhelmed, mindfulness offers an empowering and enduring antidote. Rasmus Hougaard, founder of the Potential Project, will be in Hong Kong on the 30th and 31st May to demonstrate how mindfulness can significantly increase happiness, boost resilience, recharge brain cells, combat fatigue, relieve anxiety, enhance self-awareness and improve performance at work.
The Potential Project is the world’s leading supplier of corporate mindfulness training, and Hougaard will host numerous workshops and presentations to demonstrate how a 10 minute mindfulness regimen can be incorporated into everyday routines, resulting in long-term benefits.
The #mayday! and #takeabreath Campaign will be launched by Hougaard on Tuesday 31st May at 6.30 pm at Bookazine’s Prince’s Building store. Join him for a discussion on the key benefits of Mindfulness. The first 15 visitors to the store will each receive a free, signed copy of Hougaard’s book, One Second Ahead, which explains how professionals have gone from working with single information objects like pens and typewriters, to using multiple technology portals including computers, tablets and the Internet – all of which bombard us with Big Data.
“Our attention has come under siege at work,” explains Hougaard. “We’re living in what we call the ‘Attention Economy’ where concentration has become a priceless commodity and is now just as important as technological, intellectual or management capabilities.
“We can equip you with the skills to achieve a greater sense of happiness in your life by increasing your long-term focus, boosting your creativity and productivity, and maintaining your sense of wellbeing. Mindfulness is a highly effective means by which to rewire your brain, reduce cellular ageing and rejuvenate your body and mind. And all of this can be achieved by dedicating just 10 minutes to the practice every day.”
Hougaard will be encouraging everyone to address the four main problems faced by many of Hong Kong’s senior level execs known by the organization as the P.A.I.D. reality:
• Pressure – Hong Kong offices are stressful, pressurized environments where the need to succeed sometimes comes at the expense of health and wellbeing;
• Always On/Action Addiction – The Potential Project estimates that 80% of Hong Kong’s corporate execs are addicted to emails, texts, tweets and pointless meetings whereby individuals get a dopamine kick just by doing something – anything – even though the action is unwarranted;
• Information Overload – faced with a relentless flood of information, the exec’s brain tries to process everything at once. In other words, s/he multi-tasks. But multi-tasking is the worst possible reaction to information overload and the modern office is actually transforming competent professionals into frenzied underachievers;
• Distraction – text messages, emails, phone calls, meetings, deadlines, social media updates, tweets….
“What if we could train our minds to better manage this #attentional hijack?” asks Tony Dickel, Potential Project’s Hong Kong Country Director, “while at the same time cultivating resilience, stress management and mental balance? The good news is that with Corporate Based Mindfulness Training, we can.”
For those not able to attend the book signing on Tuesday, 31st May at Bookazine (Prince’s Building), more information on how mindfulness can transform corporate life can be found at www.potentialproject.com.hk and at the dedicated Facebook and LinkedIn pages (Potential Project Hong Kong and China – see below). For further information on Potential Project Corporate Mindfulness Training programs, please call Potential Project’s Country Director, Tony Dickel on 9612 9111.
