Five Good Minutes at Work: 100 Mindful Practices to Help You Relieve Stress and Bring Your Best to Work

Five Minutes to a Happier, More Productive Workday

Is your workday filled with chaos, stress and, at times, and inability to focus? Do you have mountains of projects ahead of you but no motivation to tackle them? In less time than you would spend on a coffee break, you can fill your workday with calm, balance, and serenity. Five Good Minutes® at Work, the third in the breakaway Five Good Minutes™ series, can help you transform your workday from tired and uninspired to engaged and productive in just a few good minutes.

Whether sitting at your desk or ducking into the supply closet, you can include these stress-relieving and centering activities into even the busiest schedule. These practices can help you deal with difficult coworkers, tyrannical bosses, impossible deadlines, and more. Your five good minutes each day will reward you with increased productivity, reduced workplace conflict, and a sense of serenity that will start to spread to the rest of your life.

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In less time than they would spend on a coffee break, you can fill your workday with peace, calm, and serenity. This collection of 100 mindfulness practices, the third in New Harbinger's breakaway Five Good Minutes series, can help the uninspired, tired, and stressed out transform a few precious minutes on the job into a revitalizing and invigorating experience.

Each of these practices is designed to help you relax, focus, and reflect on what really matters to you. Whether sitting at a desk or ducking into the supply closet, no matter what your office environment, you can include these stress-relieving and centering activities into even the busiest schedule. Exercises help you deal with difficult coworkers, tyrannical bosses, impossible deadlines, and more. Just five minutes a day will reward you with increased productivity, reduced workplace conflict, and a sense of serenity that will start to spread to the rest of your life.

Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is a consulting associate in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and the founder and director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke University's Center for Integrative Medicine. He has represented the Duke MBSR program in numerous radio, television and print interviews. He is the best-selling author of Calming Your Anxious Mind and coauthor of Five Good Minutes and Five Good Minutes in the Evening.

Wendy Millstine, NC, is a freelance writer and certified holistic nutrition consultant who specializes in diet and stress reduction. She is coauthor of Five Good Minutes and Five Good Minutes in the Evening.