As a leader, you need to keep up your relationships with your employees, customers, and board members. Meditating can “help boost your mood and increase your sense of connection to others, even make you a kinder and more compassionate person,” she writes.

5. Strengthens your focus

According to various studies, the human mind tends to wander 50 percent of the time, Seppälä writes. The modern office, with its constantly flashing screens and an expectation of immediate responses no matter the time, only makes things worse. But meditation can help. “Studies show that meditation training can help curb our tendency for distraction, strengthening our ability to stay focused and even boosting memory,” Seppälä writes.