3 Reasons Mindfulness Will Not Work for You
How to prove those silly meditation stillness yogis wrong
There needs to be an article titled “18 Ways to Punch the Next Person Who Suggests I Try Mindfulness” — anon.
This comment made the rounds among my friends. It a critique of the way businesses have been using “mindfulness training” to get more productivity out of their workers (as opposed to reducing workplace stress by improving working conditions or raise wages). It really all came down to ““Capitalism sucks” and I won’t argue with that.
Punching outside of the context of boxing or Nazis is usually something to be avoided. That’s why I’m going to provide three techniques guaranteed to eliminate any possibility of mindfulness improving your life.
The Vizzini technique
Familiar to all fans of The Princess Bride, this is the classic phrase from Inigo Montoya:
“You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
