Being Mindful

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Being mindful is about being aware, awake, and living life intentionally. This means that I should be seizing the day and that I am conscious of thoughts and feelings. While I am very mindful of other’s I feel that I need to open myself up and be mindful to myself. I am important and I matter! I often give my undivided attention to others but rarely give myself the attention I deserve. I believe that I do show competence in some areas. Competence is the ability to do something effectively and successfully. I am competent enough to preform my daily tasks, to do the work I do at my job, and to do school work. Could I be a doctor right now? Definitely not, but with some hard work and some schooling I definitely wouldn’t rule it out. I strongly …show more content…

It is important personally because all these things together make up who I am and help me communicate with others. If I am mindful and emotionally intelligent I can communicate things to other such as friends or family members not only verbally but also with non-verbal communication. It’s not about what is being said but how it is being said with body language and facial expressions. Understanding competence and ethics help in the academic field. This is the guiding light I use in school. Ethics keep me on track and honest in a world where copy and paste is easy and available. Competence helps me learn new things by relating them to similar things I have learned in the past. This is something that is very important to have academically. Without competence I would not be able to learn new skills to further enrich my life. Professionally it is important to have good understanding of all four of these tenets. In the work place there is a good chance you will come across someone that is different from yourself in every way. This is where mindfulness and emotional intelligence in the work place come in handy. You might try and pick up non-verbal clues as to how your boss or coworkers function. With emotional intelligence you can see that something is bothering your boss, that one of your coworkers is way too overwhelmed, and that the receptionist had a

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