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Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Boxes, Tables and Figures; Preface; About the Companion Website; Part 1 Foundations for Mindful, Positive Leadership and a Constructive Way of Life ; Chapter 1 The Quest for a Model of Mindful, Positive Leadership and a Constructive Way of Life; 1.1 Groundwork for Models of Leading and Living; 1.2 In Pursuit of Answers to Intriguing Questions; 1.3 Two Discoveries and their Importance for Good Leadership and Living; 1.4 From Groundwork to a Model for Mindful, Positive Leadership and a Constructive Way of Life; Chapter 2 What is Positive Psychology?

2.1 Birth of a New Discipline2.2 Positive Emotions: The Cornerstone of Positive Psychology; 2.3 Engagement and Flow; 2.4 Relationships: The "R" in PERMA; 2.5 Meaning in Life; 2.6 Positive Accomplishment: Fifth and Last Element of PERMA; 2.7 Hindrances to Subjective Well-being ; 2.8 Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs): The Instruments for Increasing Happiness; 2.9 Summarizing Remarks and Outlook; Chapter 3 What is Mindfulness? ; 3.1 Rediscovering Personal Practice; 3.2 Defining Mindfulness; 3.3 Some Open Issues of Mindfulness; 3.4 Operating Mechanisms of Mindfulness.

3.5 Benefits from Mindfulness Practice3.6 Mindfulness-based Interventions (MBIs) ; Chapter 4 Strategic Awareness: The Key to Well-Being ; 4.1 The Importance of Strategy; 4.2 The Future-Not the Past, Not even the Present-As Key to Well-Being; 4.3 Strategic Awareness; Part 2 Mindfulness-Based Strategic Awareness Training (MBSAT) ; Chapter 5 MBSAT: The Program ; 5.1 Its Origin and Goals; 5.2 MBSAT: A Decision-Making Approach; 5.3 MBSAT Principles; 5.4 MBSAT Mindfulness Components; 5.5 The Locus of MBSAT Practices-Minding BETA; Chapter 6 MBSAT: The Program Design.

6.1 Defining Needs: Understanding Afflictions in the Workplace and in Life6.2 The Format of MBSAT; 6.3 The Content of MBSAT: An Overview; 6.4 Expected Benefits from MBSAT; 6.5 A Finance View of MBSAT Benefits; 6.6 The Characteristics of Participants and Related Risks; 6.7 Getting Started: Group Composition and Presession Interviews; 6.8 Teaching MBSAT; 6.9 The Importance of Inquiry in Sessions; 6.10 Homework Assignments; 6.11 Annex to Chapter 6: MBSAT Precourse Interview Template; Chapter 7 Session 1: Robotic Living-Automatic Pilot ; 7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence7.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 1; Chapter 8 Session 2: Living Above the Neck ; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence; 8.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 2; Chapter 9 Session 3: Recollecting Our Mind ; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Session Organization, Coverage, and Sequence; 9.3 Exercises and Practices of Session 3; 9.4 Annex to Chapter 9: Body Scan: Recognizing Emotions and Sensations in the Body; Chapter 10 Session 4: The Construction of Experience-Like and Dislike (Our Worried and Anxious Mind).

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