{"id":12574,"date":"2021-01-14T13:01:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T18:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alifeofproductivity.com\/?p=12574"},"modified":"2022-09-01T01:55:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T01:55:19","slug":"surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t\t\t\t
Takeaway:<\/b>I wrote an Audible Original on the productivity benefits of meditation\u2014and it\u2019s out now! Here\u2019s a link to get it<\/a>. It\u2019s free with an Audible subscription in the US. Estimated Reading Time:<\/b>1 minutes, 1s.<\/div><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The crazier the world gets, the more we need meditation.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Today, I\u2019m thrilled to announce that my latest project just dropped: an Audible Original* on the productivity benefits of meditation. It\u2019s called How to Train Your Mind<\/em>. You can download it by clicking the beautiful book art below!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n
\"Surprise!<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If you\u2019re not a member of Audible, you can sign up for a\u00a0free trial<\/a>\u00a0and get the book as a perk of becoming one. (In the US, you\u2019ll also get a free full-length\u00a0book\u2014here<\/a>\u00a0are a\u00a0couple<\/a>\u00a0I recommend \ud83d\ude09)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In How to Train Your Mind,<\/em> I dig deep into the practical, tactical benefits of a meditation practice\u2014and how to integrate a meditation ritual into your own life. In addition to calming your mind and allowing you to slow down in an overanxious world, research shows that meditation actually de-stimulates<\/em> your mind so you can think more clearly, procrastinate less, and be more effective at everything you do\u2014at work and at home.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A lot has been written about the spiritual and intangible benefits of meditation. As far as our productivity is concerned, though, as I argue in the book, meditation is in a league all of its own.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Meditation makes us more productive precisely because it lets us earn back time.<\/strong> For each minute we spend meditating, we\u2019ll earn around nine minutes back, as I break down.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Better yet, the crazier the world gets, the more we benefit from having a practice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I hope you\u2019ll check it out!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Have a wonderful week,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Chris<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

*For the uninitiated, Audible Originals are like Netflix Originals, but with audiobooks on Audible.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My latest project is out now: an Audible Original on the practical, tactical benefits of meditation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nSurprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now! - Chris Bailey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now! - Chris Bailey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My latest project is out now: an Audible Original on the practical, tactical benefits of meditation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chris Bailey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-14T18:01:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-01T01:55:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Bailey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/chris_bailey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@chris_bailey\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris Bailey\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70\"},\"headline\":\"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now!\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-14T18:01:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-01T01:55:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/\"},\"wordCount\":326,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Meditation\/Mindfulness\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/\",\"name\":\"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now! - Chris Bailey\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-14T18:01:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-01T01:55:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1\",\"width\":1620,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/\",\"name\":\"Chris Bailey\",\"description\":\"Productivity advice that actually works\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70\",\"name\":\"Chris Bailey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/e7kz5pq2qq4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/e7kz5pq2qq4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Chris Bailey\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/chrisbaileyauth\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chrbailey\/?originalSubdomain=ca\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/chris_bailey\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now! - Chris Bailey","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now! - Chris Bailey","og_description":"My latest project is out now: an Audible Original on the practical, tactical benefits of meditation.","og_url":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/","og_site_name":"Chris Bailey","article_published_time":"2021-01-14T18:01:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-01T01:55:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1620,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Chris Bailey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/chris_bailey","twitter_site":"@chris_bailey","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/"},"author":{"name":"Chris Bailey","@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70"},"headline":"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now!","datePublished":"2021-01-14T18:01:47+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-01T01:55:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/"},"wordCount":326,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1","articleSection":["Meditation\/Mindfulness"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/","url":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/","name":"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now! - Chris Bailey","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1","datePublished":"2021-01-14T18:01:47+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-01T01:55:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1","width":1620,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/surprise-my-audible-original-on-meditation-is-out-now\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Surprise! My Audible Original on meditation is out now!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/","name":"Chris Bailey","description":"Productivity advice that actually works","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70","name":"Chris Bailey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/e7kz5pq2qq4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/e7kz5pq2qq4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Chris Bailey"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/chrisbailey.com","https:\/\/instagram.com\/chrisbaileyauth","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chrbailey\/?originalSubdomain=ca","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/chris_bailey"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}