Mission
Mindful on Wall Street is a grassroots collaboration of mindfulness champions across the financial services industry. We seek to amplify the reach of mindfulness within our respective and peer institutions.
We believe mindfulness is a skill that can be honed with practice.
Studies support that mindfulness practices can increase performance, adaptability, resiliency, creativity, and cognitive flexibility while decreasing perceived stress and anxiety. We aim to support mindfulness of the individual via our regular offerings and special events.
We believe that mindfulness is good for business.
We believe that mindful and compassionate leadership is good for business, and shine the spotlight on the most admirable leaders in our industry.
We believe in compassion in action.
We believe an open mind builds empathy and cultivates compassion. We use our platform to do good and give back to the global community.
“Mindlessness is the application of yesterday’s solutions to today’s problems. And mindfulness is attunement to today’s demands to avoid tomorrow’s difficulties.”
-Dr. Ellen Langer