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Re:Studies find evidence that meditation is demotivating by skywhopper on Saturday June 16, 2018 @07:34PM (#17330082)
Not only that, but the tasks these people were assigned are not good models for work tasks. In a real professional workplace, the tasks are usually related to systems or processes over which the individuals feel ownership. Random tasks about which they know nothing are convenient for a study, but not a good model of actual work.
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Re:Studies find evidence that meditation is demotivating by darkerside on Saturday June 16, 2018 @08:24PM (#17330253)
Perhaps the meditators were better able to recognize their actual lack of giving a fuck
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Re:Studies find evidence that meditation is demotivating by antonvs on Saturday June 16, 2018 @10:56PM (#17330667)
That's a really good point. People work hard to try to justify to themselves why they're doing what they're doing, and that's exactly the kind of bs that meditation helps you reconsider and cut through.
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Re:Studies find evidence that meditation is demotivating by arthurcolle on Sunday June 17, 2018 @04:53AM (#17331506)
No wonder the #1 question on Google Trends is "What am I doing with my life?"
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Re:Studies find evidence that meditation is demotivating by manicdee on Monday June 18, 2018 @10:10PM (#17343275)
Spoiler: that has been the number one question asked by sentients since sentience was a thing.
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Re:Studies find evidence that meditation is demotivating by fnordsensei on Sunday June 17, 2018 @12:57AM (#17330948)
Not only that, but (speaking from personal, anecdotal experience), most of the benefit as it applies to work tasks will be realized over time, for outcomes where consistent and sustained focus and stress management is most beneficial.

That being said, what the mindfulness movement tends to gloss over is the fact that, with enough determination, meditators will occasionally shake loose deep-seated mental gunk, resulting in better quality of life if processed, but sometimes with a tumultuous period while dealing with it. Naturally, performance in other areas of life might drop during such a period.

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