Which Business Executives Meditate at Work?

Article by Zhang Xinuye of Create Abundance

Meditation is a tool that can help bring positive change into your life. It is about finding the strength and calm within, to face the challenges of everyday life and operating in high leadership positions. Meditation helps to calm the mind and relieve stress.

Russell Simmons

The CEO of Def Jam Records believes that he owes his success to his twice-daily meditations of 20 minutes in the morning and repeated in the evening. Russell says that meditation has helped him in his personal, business, and philanthropic endeavors. When he is meditating he has a mantra that he repeats which is “You have to learn to love yourself enough to take care of yourself,” and he adds that “Sometimes if you’re lucky you get a chance to change your life.”

Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan hosts the Joe Rogan show and uses this platform to reach people and share with them the great advantages of meditation. He meditates daily and can influence his followers in this very positive way, by creating well-being in their lives. He has noted how meditation has been a large influence on his career, health, and success keeping him clear-headed and focused.

Bob Shapiro

Bob Shapiro is a venture capitalist and CEO he found and began meditating when he was in college at Harvard. Bob has never stopped his meditation and says that the attributes of meditation are all positive and have helped him become a better listener and improved his creativity. He has this to say to people that are wary of meditation: “As a business person, I noticed several people I knew pretty well who picked up on it, people who perhaps had come into it with some degree of skepticism and found the experience useful.”

About the author:

Create Abundance by Zhang Xinyue is the tremendous spiritual tutor, Teacher who was born and grew up in China. Zhang Xinyue is well known internationally as a body-mind-spirit tutor and author of the book Create Abundance. She is a psychologist and a spiritual therapist. Since 1999, Zhang Xinyue has devoted nearly two decades of her time and energy to the study and practice of body-mind-spirit cultivation. For more information visit Zhang Xinyue’s website.