How to Be Awesome at Your Job20 Nov 2023

917: Training Your Mind For Better Focus, Energy, and Willpower with Oren Jay Sofer

Oren Jay Sofer shares how to engage contemplative practices to improve your focus, energy, and quality of life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The five-item list that will help you focus better.

2) How to be unstoppable in the face of procrastination.

3) The three-second trick for boosting energy.

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— ABOUT OREN —

Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication internationally. He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University and is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner for the healing of trauma. Oren is also the author of several books, including the best-seller Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication and his latest book, Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices toMeet a World In Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love. His teaching has reached people around the world through his online communication courses and guided meditations. A husband and a father, Oren lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys cooking, spending time in nature, and home woodworking projects.

• Book: Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love

• Website: OrenJaySofer.com

• Previous episode: 292: Enhancing Work and Life through Mindfulness with Oren Jay Sofer

• Previous episode: 375: How and Why to Communicate Mindfully with Oren Jay Sofer

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• Book: How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent by Carla Naumburg

• Book: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

• Book: Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty

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