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In the great Zen tradition of teaching stories, Marc Lesser relates his own personal and professional trials as he navigates the delicate path of managing a successful business while staying true to his spiritual roots. Struggling through a difficult economic climate, he also faces the usual challenges of running a growing company -- meeting payroll, balancing cashflow, hiring and firing employees, and maintaining relationships with vendors and customers. Guiding him through these difficulties while providing strength and insight is the practice of Zen. Utilizing his training as a Zen practitioner, Lesser learns to apply specific teachings such as the eight-fold path directly to work and life. In chapters such as "Work: The Impossible Request," "Appreciating Uncertainty," and "Accomplishing More by Doing Less," ZBA: The Zen of Business Administration provides readers with intimate, helpful advice, while acknowledging the paradox of applying spiritual practice to the business world.
Z.B.A.: Zen of Business Administration - How Zen Practice Can Transform Your Work And Your Life, Marc Lesser, New World Library, Paperback, 256 pp, $16.95
Marc Lesser is a speaker, facilitator, workshop leader, and executive coach. He is known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company.
Marc has led mindfulness and emotional intelligence programs at many of the world's leading businesses and organizations including Google, SAP, Genentech, and Kaiser Permanente, and has coached executives and led trainings in Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, health care, and government.
He helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program within Google -- a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. Deeply rooted in science, the program has been taught to thousands of executives worldwide. He was the founder and CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI).
Marc's books include Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, Know Yourself, Forget Yourself, Less: Accomplishing More By Doing Less, and Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration. They have been published in 11 languages.
Marc founded and was CEO of 3 companies and has an MBA degree from New York University. Prior to his business and coaching career, he was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world.
He has keynoted at Mindful Leadership Summits in Washington DC, Toronto, and Sydney and has led "Search Inside Yourself" and "Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader" trainings in San Francisco, Japan, Hong Kong, and Toronto. Learn more at https://www.marclesser.net/
CONTENTS: Z.B.A.: Zen of Business Administration
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Introduction
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WE ARE ALL ZEN STUDENTS,
WE ARE ALL BUSINESSPEOPLE
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We Are All Zen Students, We Are All Businesspeople
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5
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Start Where You Are
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13
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Serenity Is Not Freedom from the Storm but Peace within the Storm
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21
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The Benefits of Integrating Zen Practice with Your Work
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25
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Unfreezing Your World
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31
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Work: The Impossible Request
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35
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Our Happiness and Freedom Are Right Here, Right Now
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39
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Before Awakening, Work Is Just Work; After Awakening, Work Is Just Work
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43
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The First Thing, the Most Important Thing
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49
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That Darn Tail
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53
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WALKING THE PATH
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Walking the Path
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59
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Uncovering Your Approach: Right View
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63
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What Are You Thinking? Right Thinking
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71
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Paying Attention: Right Mindfulness
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77
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It's What You Say: Right Speech
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83
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It's What You Do: Right Action
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89
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It's Your Work: Right Livelihood
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93
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Staying with It: Right Diligence
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97
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Staying Focused: Right Concentration
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101
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WISDOM: YOUR ORDINARY MIND IS THE PATH
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Generosity
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109
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Ethical Conduct
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113
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Patience
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117
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Energy and Zeal
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121
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Meditation: Letting Go of Everything
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125
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Wisdom: Your Ordinary Mind Is the Path
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131
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LISTENING TO YOUR CLEAR, QUIET VOICE
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Run Your Business and Your Life Like a Zen Monastery Kitchen
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137
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Impermanence
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143
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Listening to Your Clear, Quiet Voice
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147
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Radical View of Life, Radical View of Business
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151
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Accomplishing More by Doing Less
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155
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The Power of Intention
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159
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What Do You Want? What Do You Have to Do to Get It? Can You Pay the Price?
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163
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No Other Truth
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167
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Taking the Busyness Out of Business
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171
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Having a Teacher or Mentor
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175
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Interdependence
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179
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Success Is Highly Overrated
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183
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Tenacity
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189
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Let Cash Be Your King, but Let Flexibility Be Your God
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193
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YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
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Be Mindful of the Needs You Meet
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199
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Radical Listening
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203
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Appreciating Uncertainty
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207
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Sit-Down Comedy: Humor at Work
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211
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Embracing Our Stories
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215
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Woo Hoo, I Feel Really Dumb
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219
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Not You, Not Your Problems
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223
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You Can Change the World
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225
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If It's Not Paradoxical, It's Not True!
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229
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Act as Though You Know What You Are Doing
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233
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Epilogue
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237
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Nine Practices for Being More in Connection with Yourself While at Work
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241
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The Z.B.A. Manifesto
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243
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Recommended Reading
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247
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Acknowledgments
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251
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Index
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255
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About the Author
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267
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