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It’s not just high powered meetings, networking and speeches at the World Economic Forum, some attendees are also taking part in meditation sessions.

“There’s always a quiet place in your mind,” says Rick Goings, the boss of Tupperware Brands who has been practising transcendental meditation for over 40 years – says he doesn’t have time not to do it. Despite being at the helm of a company valued at a whopping $3bn – yes plastic box sales really are worth that much – he religiously spends 20 minutes twice a day meditating.

It helps me focus and work out what matters. It’s like making some kind of thing on your computer clear out the trash,” he says.

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One of billionaire Ray Dalio’s key success principles is having a “radical open-mindedness” to new ideas.

Dalio has meditated almost every day since 1969 and says it’s had a tremendous impact on him. “It gives you an equanimity, a centeredness, a calmness — so that you can thoughtfully deal with things in a better way without being emotionally hijacked.”

While there are tons of books on meditation, he recommends this recent one by psychiatrist Norman Rosenthal, which gives an overview of Transcendental Meditation and its many benefits.

Meditation is “very powerful,” he says. “It gave me an equilibrium that really helped me.”