Decision-making skills
There is a measurably thicker prefrontal cortex in the minds of meditators, the area of the brain that is responsible for decision making and impulse control, in addition to regulating attention, emotions and actions. You want to increase the gray matter here, exactly what studies have discovered meditation accomplishes.
So the good decisions you are able to make before lunch follow through your whole day. You become as bright and sharp at 5 p.m. as you were at 9 a.m.
And let’s not stop there. By regulating your emotions and actions, when a stressful situation or annoying person pops up you remain calm, able to diffuse what could turn into a contentious exchange.
It is estimated that managers devote a quarter of their time to resolving conflicts at work. Imagine a workday minus those conflicts.