“Mindfulness” may be a buzzword and meditation a fad across both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, but that certainly doesn’t mean they are worth ignoring. We recently spoke with Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard for Business Insider’s podcast “Success! How I Did It” around the launch of his new book “Beyond the Self.” He said that it’s impossible to not feel positive effects from practicing a particular form of meditation: one focused on compassion.
‘The happiest man in the world’: you can learn to meditate in 5 minutes at a time
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