“I believe meditation works wonders against procrastination.” Rodrigo Franco is a web and mobile applications developer and Ruby on Rails expert and longtime Coach.me user. He’s also a longtime meditator who…
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How I Meditate: UK Meditation Expert Michael Chaskalson
“When you’re more skilled at working with your mind and mental states things go better for you, your people, your customers and other stakeholders, your family and friends. The only…
How I Meditate: Hollywood Producer Rachael Joy
“There is no doubt that meditation has given me the awareness, clarity and focus to hear not only everything going on around me but also my inner voice in the midst…
How I Meditate: Instructables Founder Eric Wilhelm
“I find this gives me a competitive edge in many different situations where there might be inadvertent or intentional distractions, like in a negotiation or sales pitch.” Eric Wilhelm is…
How I Meditate: Loic Le Meur
“After five friends or so told me about their meditation practice, I went from thinking ‘This is bullshit’ to ‘I’ll give it a try’.” Loic Le Meur started meditating two years ago after…
How I Meditate: Jeffery Hackert
“The goal was (and still is) very simple: I wanted to get control of my mind in some way.” Jeffery Hackert is the Director of Engineering and Development at Chef,…
How I Meditate: Neumitra Founder Anand Yadav
“I would be overwhelmed with anxiety before giving a public speech. My heart would palpitate and my fingers would turn frigid.” Anand Yadav is the founder of Neumitra, the startup that…
How I Meditate: Futuredraft Founder Hans Krueger
“Meditation gives me the space to concentrate, go deeper, and understand a couple of layers more than I would be able to with my ‘surface mind’.” Many people give up…
How I Meditate: Etsy’s John Allspaw
“I knew I was having trouble coming to terms with the difference between what I was good at and what I was interested in, and where those two things overlapped.”…
Why Creativity Takes Practice: Our Interview with Ayla Newhouse
“You can’t just expect to wake up and be creative without doing the work.” While writing the creativity chapter for The Strongest Mind in the Room, Lift’s book about how…