Self-hypnosis has solved most of my professional problems instantly

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This is no sales pitch and what I am about to describe is free and easy. I tried it the other day with stunning results. I am in a profession in which I have to process lots of data quickly, and if a date or a name gets screwed up, it costs the company staggering sums to correct. So if we make these types of errors we are severely reprimanded. These reprimands tend to demoralize the work force, making them even more tense and they, in turn, make more errors and a vicious cycle is started. One day, I did the following: I went in to work, sat down, and then just sat there quietly for about 30 seconds, lowered my own metabolism, just get as calm as possible. Then, I decided not to engage in small talk throughout the day, staying silent but alert. As I tackled the first few items on my work agenda, I slowed down slightly at every turn. Whenever I ran across someone's name, or a date an activity was to occur, I stopped and carefully checked those out. I focused on just the single item in front of me -- not thinking about how much I had to do the rest of the day, or thinking about anything other than the narrow range of tasks at hand. And I mean nothing else -- not kids, family, co-workers, other distractions, zero. This combined with the initial calm drill has reduced my error output to near zero. I'm now being asked by management what I am doing to reduce errors in that it might aid co-workers. Come to find out I was engaging in simple self-hypnosis as I researched the subject. You need zero equipment, zero counseling, just you and your newly calmed brain. Try this and see. You might have different variations, but the common theme is -- calm. Get in this "zone" and you can accomplish anything.