Dagmar Richter is radically reinventing urban design by giving voice to unusual elements-traces of a site's history, contemporary photos or drawings, and text or spoken words.

A little boy fills his sound box with words beginning with the letters "x, y, z."

What is the XYZ factor? The XYZ Factor isn't a place or a company or an age. It's a new kind of culture where innovation, accessibility, and transparency are the norm. It's an environment created on the principles of the Millennial generation to foster intergenerational productivity in a new kind of office culture. An XYZ organization's employees are challenged, engaged, and excited to produce. Simply put, XYZ companies have an "it" factor that helps them rise above the competition. Any company can become an XYZ company. This book is your blueprint. Each chapter is written by a DoSomething.org staff member. Their firsthand experience with DoSomething.org, an organization that helps young people make the world suck less, gives them exceptional insights into working magic in the corporate world. And with over 3 million members and more than 200 active campaigns, such as collecting clothes for teenagers in homeless shelters, helping older adults learn to use technology, and creating anti-bullying comics, DoSomething.org is a standout organization—not only for its message, but for the way it operates. When you open The XYZ Factor, you're getting the recipe for the awesome sauce that has driven the success of the world's largest organizations for young people and social change. This guidebook is your key to answering the questions your company has looming over its cubicles, such as: How do I create an office environment that fosters collaboration and creativity? How do I form the right partnerships that appeal to our brand and our audience? How do I authentically reach the Millennial generation? If you want to take your business or organization from okay to amazing, you need The XYZ Factor.

IMPORTANCE OF MEDITATION BENEFITS OF MEDITATION Individual benefits of meditation Relief from stress Improves brain functioning and intelligence Improves creativity Better focus and concentration Improves interpersonal skills and helps build good relationships Reduces anger Spiritual growth, happiness and peace of mind Improved self-actualisation Increased strength of self-concept Societal benefits of meditation Improved quality of living Increased positivity and decreased crime rates Decreased violent fatalities Increase in acts of kindness Reducing conflicts and war MEDITATION AND HEALTH Meditation helps handle anxiety and depression Meditation improves overall health Meditation lowers blood pressure and diabetes Meditation cures addiction to alcohol, drugs and cigarette Meditation supports women?s health Meditation helps keep yourself young and energetic MEDITATION HELPS CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS HOW TO MEDITATE? Important measures before meditation Choose the right time to meditate Choose the right duration Choose the right place Other preparations to be made before the session Important aspect of meditation Right posture Focus on an object Watch your thoughts and do not follow them Post meditation measures Remain silent Enjoyment Activity post meditation COMMON ERRORS COMMITED DURING MEDITATION Lack of motivation Remedies to lack of motivation Lacking in consistency Remedial measure to lack of consistency Distractions Remedy to distractions Physical pain Remedies to physical pain Wrong duration Remedies to wrong duration Meditation Posture: Remedies to wrong posture Meditation Teachers Remedies to choosing a wrong teacher Practicing in groups Remedy to practicing in groups Getting frustrated Remedy to getting frustrated lack of Mindfulness Remedy to lack of mindfulness Choosing wrong techniques of meditation Remedies to choosing wrong techniques MEDITATE ? COME-WHAT-MAY ? BARRIERS TO MEDITATION Health as a barrier Time as barrier Feeling of embarrassment Lack of energy or skills: Lacks of self motivation Lack of resources or cost involved Laziness as a barrier PINNACLE OF MEDITATION ? AN INSTANCE FROM A GREAT EPIC DIFFERENT METHODS / FORMS OF MEDITATION mindfulness meditation Transcendental Meditation Guided visualization How to practice guided visualisation? S NATARAJAN?S AUM BINAURAL AANANDHAM ? AN OVERVIEW KNOW YOUR BRAINWAVES WHAT IS BRAIN WAVE ENTRAINMENT? DIFFERENT FORMS OF BRAIN WAVE ENTRAINMENT Aural entrainment Binaural beats Monaural beats Isochronic tones Audio?visual entrainment HOW DOES S NATARAJAN?S BINAURAL BEATS WORK? THE PRANAVA OR AUM ? USES IN S NATARAJAN?S BINAURAL MEDITATION VARIOUS PRODUCTS OFFERED BY S NATARAJAN?S BINAURAL CENTRE Guided Aum Chanting to attain powers like yogis Light meditation for health and wealth Meditation by sound waves for natural cure and relaxation S Natarajan?s Aum Binaural Sweep for quick deep sleep S Natarajan?s Aum Binaural Kubera and laxmi money mantra ADVANTAGES OF S NATARAJAN?S BINAURAL MEDITATION Easiest form of meditation Low cost Removes place barrier Inspires consistency in practice Quick results CONCLUSION