There’s a lot of buzz around the word mindfulness. In fact, it’s really quite in vogue in biz these days.

It seems that everyone wants to jump on the mindfulness bandwagon… because the research shows that mindfulness actually fuels focus, engagement, creativity, productivity… and profit.

But mindfulness is not a fad. It’s been around for a long, long time. And it’s not a gimmick.

It’s a way of being, a way of life.

We spend so much of our time wringing our hands about the past; and worrying about the future. We are constantly bombarded by distractions. We race through our lives. We dwell in a state of continuous partial attention.

Mindfulness is about slowing down, being present, showing up in this moment; in this one and only moment.

Mindfulness means focusing. Not only on what matters most; but, even more, focusing on what is before us in the here and now.

And happily mindfulness isn’t complicated (it’s simple, as Jim Rohn might have said… simple though perhaps not easy).

Stop. Stop right now. Whatever you are doing. Just stop. Put down your smartphone, turn away from your monitor. And just breathe. That’s it. Just breathe.

That’s the doorway to the present; that’s the doorway to mindfulness.

That’s the doorway to your real power.