Neurological Evidence on how to stop distraction.

The control of attention is the ability to choose where you direct your attention while experiencing competing demands. You know the pressures, demands and realities of working amidst all the noise. The pandemic, racism, doing what you can to make sure the company survives and you still have purpose, while attending zoom meetings, phone calls, emails, tweets, texts, kids, and dog all at the same time. This is not easy for anyone. Yet meditators seem to have a head start and do not get lost in distractions as easily as non meditators. Also, for those of us who are longterm meditators, we spend fewer attentional resources on distractions as further supported by the neurological evidence from current empirical research. To experience the outcomes of practicing mindfulness and meditation is ultimately what matters.

We must also consider that some of what we experience is not because of you and your particular functioning or internal skill. There is a risk in the promotion of mindfulness for organizations to not take responsibility for the conditions they are creating in their work cultures. Norms that praise busyness and burnout, toxic leadership and decision making with out heart. These are systemic issues that also need to be addressed by leadership. Maybe you can do something about it?