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Ancient wisdom for the Real-World Workplace !
Based on the Buddhist practice of the Eightfold Path, Buddha: 9 to 5 provides you with a hands-on set of tools to reawaken yourself, your employees, and your organization. Using the Buddhist concepts of Intention, Mindfulness, and Right Action, you’ll be able to reap prosperity not just in profits but in stronger connections with your employees and your customers.
Marketing guru Nancy Spears shows you how to incorporate principles she used to create and grow a successful multimillion dollar business. Filled with practical exercises and examples from real-life companies Buddha: 9 to 5 is your guide for authentic— and successful—leadership.
Contents: Introduction • The Wisdom to Wake Up: Why Wake Up • The Buddha: A CEO • The Eightfold Path to Authentic Leadership • Implementing the Eightfold Path to Authentic Leadership • Right View: Vision : The Right View • Accessing the Moment • CEOs with the Right View • The Wrong View • Establishing the View • Establishing the Vision • A Path Practice for Right View and Vision • Mindful Action Steps • Buddha’s Commentary • Right Intention: Mission: The Right Intention • The Four Immeasurable of a Leader • Companies and CEOs with the Right Intention • The Right Mission • The Buddha’s Mission • The Practice • Buddha and the CEOs Mission Statement • Right Speech : Right speech • Training in Right Speech • Ego and Right Speech • Mindful Speech: A Practice • Finding the "Sweet Spot" in Communication • LEAP • The Cause and Effect of Right Speech • Speech and Thought. • Hot Spots: The Liabilities of Right Speech • Right Action: Accountability : Wrong Action: Limited Accountability • Virtue • Non-Virtue • Attachment • Do Something Different • Surrender to Restructure • No Pain, No Gain • Right Action: A Work in Progress • Right Livelihood: Buddha and Right Livelihood • Losing the Passion • Right Livelihood: The Gateway to Freedom • The Freedom of Honesty • A Case Study of Poor Livelihood • A Case Study of Right Livelihood • For Right Livelihood, Be the Bee • At the Tip of the Needle • Right Effort : Right Effort Begins Within • Dualistic Thinking • Three Thoughts, Three Actions Toward Right Effort • Right Effort Lies in the Direct Experience • Blocking the Direct Experience • The Relief of Right Effort • Right Mindfulness: Right Mindfulness and View Under Pressure • Calming the Mind to Stop the Spinout • Chaos in the Boardroom • No Thought—How Does That Work?! • Fluid Thought • Power in the Present • Right Concentration : Right Concentration Diffuses Our Thoughts • Meditation for Right Concentration • Right Concentration of Time • Free-Falling in the Moment • Commitment to Conscious Awareness • Staying Fluid and Resolving Conflict • There Is No Wall! • Cultivating Equanimity • Conclusion - The Right Corporation: Bottom Line: What Do You Really Need? • The Acquisitionist Climb • Buddha’s Personal Board of Directors • The Awake CEO • The Awake Employee • Sharing the Reality of Change • Generosity to Improve the Bottom Line • Silence Meets Service • Index
ISBN - 9781598690538
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Pages : 204
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