Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design

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The most innovative, unconventional, and profoundly practical career guide available–newly revised and updated Thousands of so-called ordinary people are every day involved in heroic service to their fellow man. Most of this service goes unrecognized and unnoticed by the wider public because it does not fit with the conventional view of what is valuable or important."

This book helped me think about what it is that I truly do -- I am a consultant at heart - I love looking at problems, giving advice, and figuring out how to fix things.With Laurence Boldt's guidance, we not only set a firm foot on the bridge between East and West, but we traverse it with a strong, confident stride.

Only a few people can count themselves fortunate, being in a place where they can actually express their full potential and feel respected. The other and probably most important part are the monthly incomes and are you satisfied with your current financial situation. That may sound a little too spiritual for someone who's simply unhappy at work, but Boldt is a master at transforming this philosophy into action. He presents worksheets, exercises, and a number of thought-provoking questions all geared toward helping the reader define exactly what his or her bliss is. And, unlike some authors who simply present their one way of determining this information, Boldt presents many ways so that the reader will be drawn to the method that best meets his or her needs. Change is not easy, even if you're motivated. Transformation is the action of both spiritual liberation and art.You already assume what Laurence G. Boldt has to say and expect from you! Your dedication, your self-respect, and your belief to make that final push into happiness. The Zen state is all about that, bliss and everlasting peace. Lccn 2009019516 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Old_pallet IA12321 Openlibrary_edition The most innovative, unconventional, and profoundly practical career guide available--newly revised and updated

First and foremost, give yourself a chance to be the one of those, whose intentions are widely presented. Honesty is the embodiment of happiness, a quote that should stay in your recollection. When it comes to the fundamentals of vocational guidance (determining what to do), nothing significant has changed since this book was first written. Indeed, nothing essential has changed in the more than two thousand years since Aristotle wrote, “Where your talent and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.” Were he alive today and whispering in your ear, Aristotle could give no more relevant or timely advice. Over seven hundred years ago, the Sufi poet Rumi wrote, “Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been placed in every heart.” This too is every bit as relevant today as it was the day it was first written. In a sense, either of these formulations (Rumi’s or Aristotle’s) provides everything you need to identify your vocation or life’s work. In this one-of-a-kind compelling, and engaging book summary you’ll find why, how, to find a job that will match not just your skills, but your spiritual energy as well. Who Should Read “Zen and the Art of Making a Living”? And Why? In today's job market, the question has become not Can I find a job? but Can I find a job I like? Laurence G. Boldt answers this question with a resounding yes in Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design. It's a normal career book with a bunch of zen babble. You have the "philosophy" aspects which take up most of the book, but the actual career advice is just the usual "discover your values, make a list of your talents, etc" that you get in these books.

A strong sense of purpose enables you to respond positively to the inevitable difficulties, annoyances and inconveniences of life in general and change in particular. Work is more than a matter of keeping busy all day. It must feed the soul as well. Laurence Boldt has done a splendid job of explaining this truth. I commend this book to all thoughtful readers and seekers." The best answers come from the heart, not the head.To play the game, you must understand the rules.Peace comes from within, not from other people.Wait for the perfect time to make a change and you'll wait forever.Fear of failure can stand in the way of your dreams.Until you find what you love, love what you do.Giving up is not an option.

I recommend those young people to read this book before they embark on the career life. This is also good book for those who are interested to spend their effort to quest for their life's work at any stage of life, it is never too late to start!!Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2018-08-20 00:23:13 Associated-names Boldt, Laurence G. Zen and the art of making a living in the post-modern world Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA1321622 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set china External-identifier He then provides an insightful look at the realities of working in various settings, including government jobs, freelancing, starting your own business, and corporate work. He discusses the details of working in specific positions, providing so much insight and factual information that the reader is naturally guided to the right job in the right setting for his or her unique personality. Whatever gets you really turned on, enough to work for with dedication, sacrifice, and excellence, has the quality of this blissful, original nature in it, and is moving you toward your life's work." Boldt's work is eclecticism at its best. In solid Zen tradition, he lets the necessary information present itself in the form for which it is best suited. He provides eloquent parables and down-to-earth, real-life examples. He gives lists of resources, numbered guidelines for activities (such as finding the right employer), and worksheets for discovering your values and needs. He merges discourse on such mundane topics as how to make a follow-up call after you've sent a resume with treatises on such ethereal subjects as the need for myths and archetypal heroes at work. Alongside no-nonsense discussions of such topics as the effect stress has on the body's resistance to disease, he provides lists of personal affirmations that are worth hanging in any workplace. Through all of this, he intersperses hundreds of large type quotations from a marvelously diverse collection of thinkers, including Margaret Mead, Will Rogers, Michelangelo and Lao Tzu. (The collection of quotations alone make the book worth purchasing.) All great teachers say that the road to happiness begins with the recognition "that beyond the transient desires of ego there lie deeper desires for love and service to all mankind." Most of us don't go this route because we "are too busy running down approval alley." We try to please others, and pleasing is calculated while "compassion comes from the heart."