Researchers have found that the accelerated pace of modern office life impacts productivity, employee engagement, creativity, and well-being. Faced with an incessant flood of information and distractions, our brains attempt to process everything simultaneously, which increases our stress, decreases our effectiveness, and negatively affects our performance. Ironically, we have become so overworked, unfocused, and busy that we do not pause to ask ourselves the most important question: What can we do to break the cycle of constantly being under pressure, always being reachable, being overloaded with information, and working in distracting environments? Must we accept this as the new reality in the workplace and continue to survive rather than thrive in modern work environments? Fortunately, the answer is no. In their new book "One Second Ahead: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness.".