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Actuaries are using their brain and mind very much and from the
day that someone start of thinking to become an actuary. From the
start of the actuarial exams till you become a qualified actuary
and thereafter, working in this profession whatever industry,
throughout their lifetime. Whether they are working for a
company, freelancing, or consulting … they keep on using their
brain/mind heavily to analyse the data around them to provide
financial solutions to their customers.
The use of brain/ mind for actuaries are very much excessive
compared to other jobs … and sometimes we might not be able to find
a time that to think beyond this mind activity and be mindful.
Actuaries are expected be conscious about the work that they do as
the numbers they are dealing with are very much sensitive as well
as the use of these numbers should be precise and accurate. But
sometimes, we tend to keep on thinking rather than taking a break
not to think for a moment… and most of us do not understand or
realize, taking a break and being mindful can increase the capacity
of the mind and make you to do more creative thinking rather than
stuck in to one place or one activity. Mindfulness is a hot topic
that many around the world are discussing and practising right now.
Many religions explain about the beauty of being mindful and how
our mind/brain can increase it's capacity. It is very important to
understand the mind first. You might have realised that your
thoughts are much faster than any vehicle or energy that we can
think of in this world. For example, in blink of an eye you are
here at your desk and next moment your thoughts could be somewhere
in US. It could be a place where you have never been to even… Or it
could be an evet that happened when you were very small. To travel
that longer .. in that faster pace.. how much energy these thoughts
could have? So our thinking machine is always in the work without
our knowledge even. At the end of a very busy day (analysing,
calculating, projecting, presenting.. etc.. etc..) you feel so
tired. When you take good night of sleep.. next day you are so
energised. in the night by sleeping you give a rest to your mind
where your thinking diminishes and your mind, the thinking machine
shuts down... This will re-energise your mind to start the next day
fresh. Being mindful gives your mind a break or rest… while
you are awake. Mindfulness means being in this moment, your mind
will not waste its energy unnecessarily wondering around.
The mind will focus to this moment to feel the awareness of where
you are now and what you are doing right now. That will allow the
mind to relax and energise you to complete your task much more
efficiently and creatively. There are many techniques that someone
can practise mindfulness in day-to-day life and use it to enhance
the quality of the professional and personal life.
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