Business Champions Use Mindfulness

Billionaire hedge fund founder Ray Dalio was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. As the world's largest hedge fund firm, his company manages $87 billion. Ray has practiced daily Mindfulness exercises twice a day for over forty years. He credits this as the single most important reason for his success. Ray provides Mindfulness coaches for all his employees. This helps them balance their emotional and rational thinking through the ups and downs of the stock market.

Television executive and Academy Award Winner, Oprah Winfrey, practices Mindfulness twice a day. Twenty minutes in the morning and twenty in the evening. She has Mindfulness coaches who provide training to her staff at the Oprah Winfrey Network.

"The results have been awesome. Better sleep. Improved relationships with spouses, children, and co-workers. Some people who once suffered from migraines don't anymore. It provides greater productivity and creativity all around. It proves once again that Glinda the Good Witch was right when she said "You've always had the power." You just have to be still to find it. And when you do, you're on the way to finding the fullest expression of you."

"I walk away feeling full of hope, a sense of contentment, and deep joy. Knowing for sure that even in the daily craziness that bombards us from every direction, there is the constancy of stillness. Only from that space can you create your best work and your best life."

Iron Chef Mario Batali, who runs 20 restaurants as the owner of Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group, practices Mindfulness twice a day. Even while he's riding his scooter through Manhattan.

"What surprises me is how quickly I feel refreshed. I can do it pretty comfortably coming down Ninth Avenue on a Vespa. Mindfulness provides you the opportunity to find the joy in the mundane."

Movie producer and Academy Award winner, Clint Eastwood, has practiced Mindfulness for over 40 years. 

"I think it's a great tool for anyone to relieve stress which comes in any business. There are enough studies out there that show that it's something that can benefit everybody."