Chapter 8Some Working Examples of Mindfulness

The things of this world draw us where we need to go.

—Mary Rose O’Reilley

The working principles of mindfulness presented in this book can help anybody to do any job more successfully and enjoyably than they are currently doing it. The working principles of mindfulness also apply specifically to specific jobs, and to specific groups of jobs, and this knowledge might be particularly helpful to people who work in these jobs, or who know someone who does, or who hope (or fear!) that they might eventually work in any or all of them. This chapter will describe how being mindful can help you to perform well and happily in some particular jobs as examples of how you can perform well and happily in any job. ...

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