--- title: How Mindfulness Could Improve Your Work description: Find out how mindfulness can reduce stress and help make your workday more productive. canonical: https://time.com/4643691/mindfulness-transform-workday/ author: Real Simple article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-23T18:40:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:29.635Z og:title: The Mindfulness Habit That Could Transform Your Workday og:description: It could make your co-workers' lives easier too og:url: https://time.com/4643691/mindfulness-transform-workday/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eceb9248c166cb6/6988b6d5656a3f4dd1bce7f8/mindfulnes-work-day-trick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5615 og:image:height: 3158 og:image:alt: Finding peace by the waters og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Mindfulness Habit That Could Transform Your Workday twitter:description: It could make your co-workers' lives easier too twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eceb9248c166cb6/6988b6d5656a3f4dd1bce7f8/mindfulnes-work-day-trick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Mindfulness Habit That Could Transform Your Workday > Sponsored content. 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But there might be an easy way to relieve some of the pressures of your 9 to 5: simply taking a pause and being mindful. According to a [new study](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160310141455.htm) published in the _Journal of Management_, working in an office that incorporates mindfulness training, such as Google, Aetna, Mayo Clinic, or the United States Marine Corps, improves focus and teamwork and lessens stress. **_Related:_** [_Here’s What Playing an Instrument Can Do for Your Brain_](http://www.realsimple.com/health/mind-mood/playing-an-instrument-may-boost-reaction-time?xid=motto) [Case Western Reserve University researchers](http://jom.sagepub.com/content/42/1/114) from many different fields, such as management, mindfulness, general psychology, and neuroscience, looked at 4,000 scientific papers on mindfulness and its effect on people’s minds, emotions, actions, relationships, and performance at work. In total, they only found two papers that reported any negative effects of mindfulness. **_Related:_**[_4 Insanely Calm Ways to Pass the Time_](http://www.realsimple.com/health/mind-mood/election-stress-ways-cope?xid=motto) Though [mindfulness](http://www.realsimple.com/health/mind-mood/stress/how-to-meditate?xid=motto)—“present-centered attention and awareness,” according to the study—is an individual habit, the research shows that its benefits on interpersonal skills create a better working environment for all. Those who practiced mindfulness had greater consciousness throughout the day, which lessened the effects of stress related to decision-making. It also created greater empathy and compassion, which improved coworker relationships. Mindful workers also had improved stability, control, and efficiency in their tasks, and had increased attention spans during visual and listening tests compared to those who didn’t practice. **_Related:_**[_5 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Breakfast_](http://www.realsimple.com/health/breakfast-myths?xid=motto) Do you feel like the only mindful worker in your office? Here are some ways to [manage your stress](http://www.realsimple.com/health/mind-mood/stress/manage-stress?xid=motto). Or, maybe you want to bring the benefits of a mindful workplace home? Here, some [sound advice](http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/family/kids-parenting/noise-management?xid=motto) on how to help your kids turn off the external noise. _This_ [_article_](http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/job-career/mindfulness-benefits-work) _originally appeared on_ [_RealSimple.com_](http://realsimple.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4643691/mindfulness-transform-workday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4643691/mindfulness-transform-workday/"},"headline":"The Mindfulness Habit That Could Transform Your Workday","datePublished":"2017-01-23T18:40:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:29.635Z","description":"It could make your co-workers' lives easier too","url":"https://time.com/4643691/mindfulness-transform-workday/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eceb9248c166cb6/6988b6d5656a3f4dd1bce7f8/mindfulnes-work-day-trick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Liz Steelman / Real Simple"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eceb9248c166cb6/6988b6d5656a3f4dd1bce7f8/mindfulnes-work-day-trick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Finding peace by the waters","caption":"Finding peace by the waters","creditText":"PeopleImages—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4643691/mindfulness-transform-workday/","name":"The Mindfulness Habit That Could Transform Your Workday"}}]}] ```