New York Times reporter David Gelles, who authored an upcoming book called Mindful Work: How Meditation Is Changing Business from the Inside Out, talked with HuffPost Live at Davos Friday about mindfulness practices,
Gelles said practices like meditation and yoga are able to reduce stress, increase focus and even make people more kind and compassionate.
“Our minds are totally inclined to race ahead and dwell in the past, but a lot of people would find that if we actually slow down and be in the present moment, a lot of good things will happen,” Gelles said.
Gelles said everyone should be able to make time for mindfulness practices.
“I think we all have time. If we all have time to check our smart phones and browse the web, we likely all have time for more virtuous activities,” Gelles said.
Below, the latest updates from the 2015 Davos Annual Meeting:
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“Our employment in the U.S. has grown in areas like research and development and services,” Dell said.
“I think one important point is that if you want people to be employed, you need to have employers,” Dell said. “Employers don’t just spring out of nowhere. So the employers need and environment thats conducive for them to be able to take the risks, create the jobs, and with taking on the risk, there ought to be some opportunity for them.”
Dell said he thinks it should be more simple to get businesses started and change the culture so “there’s more acceptance of risk.”
“If you want to create jobs and entrepreneurship, make it easy for people to start companies,” Dell said.
Dell spoke about the importance of taking risks in order to find success.
“When you hear people talk about risks at Davos, many times they’re talking about risk as a bad thing,” Dell said. “The way I think about risk is, I want to take some risks. The most dangerous thing is not taking a risk.”
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“The key principle is creating your own little tribe,” Arianna noted.
Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, sat down with Arianna on HuffPost Live at Davos, where she offered her thoughts on how women can help change the world.
“I think more women in power is how we would get to peace,” Sandberg said.
Sandberg referenced a piece she wrote after a December 2014 press conference, when President Barack Obama only called on women and made headlines.
“Even with all the progress we’ve made, it’s still hard to speak in a professional setting as a woman,” Sandberg said.
Hugh Evans and Jordan Hewson from Global Citizen, along with Arianna, sat down on HuffPost Live at Davos to share how HuffPost and Global Citizen are working together to help end global poverty.
Lesley Silverthorn Marincola, CEO of Angaza Design, writes for HuffPost:
I live in the heart of Silicon Valley and am still dependent on a piece of plastic I have to carry around with me everywhere. From gas to groceries, I pay with my credit card.
With the introduction of Apple Play only six months ago, Americans are only now starting to experience the smartphone-enabled proliferation of US mobile money services. Yet, perhaps because not every buyer has an iPhone 6 and not every vendor has a near field communication terminal, credit cards dominate the US market and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
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Stoffels said two major challenges of many diseases include the basic science and the cost.
“Developing a drug is expensive, developing a vaccine is expensive,” he said.
