More and more world leaders in business are taking  to meditation to reduce their stress levels and improve their cognitive functioning and  creative thinking resulting into better productivity besides improving their overall health and well-being

Most of these rich people are members of Fortune 500 companies such as Google, AOL, Aetna and Apple. They also hold meditation sessions for their employees.

The top-notch executives of a large number of companies affirm that meditation has done them lot good in improving their leadership qualities.

Ford the chairman of Ford Motor Company and Larry Page , the former director of Google also are the strong believers in the benefits of mindful meditation.

Here is a list of 10 prominent and influential corporate leaders who meditate regularly to maintain their health and efficiency.

1. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO, News Corp

In one of his  tweets in April, Rupert Murdoch, the  Chairman and CEO of News Corp has revealed that he has been trying Transcendental Meditation technique developed by Mahesh Yogi in 1960s which is avidly practised by luminaries like Oprah, David Lynch and Candy Crowly.

Here is the tweet: "Everyone recommends, not that easy to get started, but said to improve everything!"

2. Padmasree Warrior, CTO, Cisco Systems

Padmasree Warrior, the technology and strategy expert of Cisco Systems admits that she practices meditation every night before going to bed and performs a “digital detox” every Saturday.

The former head of the Cisco Engineering who had to manage 22,000 employees of the company told New York Times that meditation greatly helped her to deal with the massive workforce.

“It’s almost like a reboot for your brain and your soul,” she said. “It makes me so much calmer when I’m responding to e-mails later.”

3. Tony Schwartz, Founder & CEO, The Energy Project

Tony Schwartz of the Energy Project claims that he has been meditating for over two decades.  He tells in his book What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America that he was initially attracted to meditation because he wanted to calm down his busy mind.

He says that mindfulness meditation has helped him develop patience, cured him of migraine and improved his overall efficiency.

He averred in a Harvard Business Review blog that "Maintaining a steady reservoir of energy -- physically, mentally, emotionally and even spiritually -- requires refuelling it intermittently."

4. Bill Ford, Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company

According to Inc. Magazine, Bill Ford, the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, is a great votary of meditation. In an interview conducted by a leading America, Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield,

Ford admitted that he set his intension to go through his day with compassion in dealing with the difficult periods in the company. But for that he first started to be compassionate to himself by practicing a loving-kindness-metta- meditation.

5. Oprah Winfrey, Chairwoman & CEO, Harpo Productions, Inc.

Oprah recently selected by Forbes as the most powerful celebrity of 2013, is one the most vocal advocates of Transcendental Meditation. She says that she practices stillness for 20 minutes twice a day. She also got the TM teachers to teach the employees at her company the art of practicing meditation.

This is what Oprah said about what she experienced after a meditation session in Iowa last year: "I walked away feeling fuller than when I'd come in. Full of hope, a sense of contentment, and deep joy. Knowing for sure that even in the daily craziness that bombards us from every direction, there is -- still -- the constancy of stillness. Only from that space can you create your best work and your best life."

6. Larry Brilliant, CEO, Skoll Global Threats Fund

The former director of Google.org and the CEO of the Skoll Global Threats Fund, Larry Brilliant spent two years practicing meditation during his twenties in a Himalayan ashram. It was here that his guru asked him to work with a World Health Organization team to eradicate small pox from New Delhi.

Speaking during the 2013 commencement address at the Harvard School of Public Health, Brilliant explained that equanimity- a state of mental calm and composure- was essential for success in life.

7. Ray Dalio, Founder & Co-CIO, Bridgewater Associates USA

Speaking about the benefits of mediation in 2012,Ray Dalio,  the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates -- the world's largest hedge fund firm  declared  that "Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I've had." And further, "Meditation has given me centeredness and creativity. It's also given me peace and health."

8. Russell Simmons, Co-Founder, Def Jam Records; Founder of GlobalGrind.com

Russell Simmons, the Hip-Hop Mughal has been practicing meditation for several years. Propounding the benefits of meditation before the board of advisors for the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, he said, "You don't have to believe in meditation for it to work."

9. Robert Stiller, CEO, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.

Robert Stiller, a dedicated practitioner of meditation, has set up a special meditation room at the Vermont headquarters of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. Speaking on the benefits of meditation, he said, "If you have a meditation practice, you can be much more effective in a meeting. Meditation helps develop your abilities to focus better and to accomplish your tasks."

10. Arianna Huffington, President & Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group

Ariana Huffington describes the practices of yoga and meditation as two of her "joy triggers". She has also introduced weekly meditation classes in her company. Meditation, according to Ariana, is not necessary for individual health, but for boosting the productivity of the corporate functioning.

She has written in one of her recent blogs: "Stress-reduction and mindfulness don't just make us happier and healthier; they're a proven competitive advantage for any business that wants one."

Credit: Huffington Post

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