Each week, Personal Development Toolkit features a one word tool of personal growth and development. This week's tool is Meditation.
Welcome to Personal Development Toolkit, a feature appearing every Monday. Each week, the Toolkit will feature a one word tool you can use to construct additions to your personal growth and development. Each week's toolkit will include a brief description of the tool and a suggestion for using it.
Definition: Meditation takes many forms, but the end goal of all meditation techniques is a quiet, focused mind. When the mind is quiet, the inner wisdom we each have surfaces to help us resolve life problems. Meditation reduces stress, energizes, and is helpful in treating many physical and mental problems when done in conjunction with standard medical practices.
Example: After a stressful day at work, John devoted 15 minutes to meditation to reduce his stress level and get his energy back up so he could enjoy his family time.
This Week: Set aside 15 minutes just before bedtime to sit quietly by yourself and practice meditation. Start with a basic meditation technique here . Experiment with other forms of meditation until you find one or two that are effective for you. An effective meditation technique allows you to easily move into a quiet, focused state of mind.
The most common problem novices have is that their minds continue to ramble with self talk and problem solving. See this discussion for hints.
