For busy staffers on the Hill who worry that, in Tim’s words, “you’re slacking if you’re going to do this,” he relies on strategic name-dropping. “You’ve got to say, ‘Phil Jackson.’ You’ve got to say, ‘Kobe Bryant did this.’ Not exactly slackers. They found it is a performance enhancer.” This is a technique I heartily endorse. When I speak publicly about meditation, I am constantly referring to unlikely meditators, including Steve Jobs, Novak Djokovic, the Chicago Cubs, and employees at major corporations such as Google, Procter and Gamble, Aetna, Target, and General Mills. It’s not entirely
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