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Are You Ready to Succeed? Unconventional Strategies to Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life (2006) 111 Exemplare
The Personal Mastery Program: Discovering Passion and Purpose in Your Life and Work (Sounds True Audio Learning Course) (2008) 2 Exemplare
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I now believe that reading this book CAN make you happier – and not only at work but in life as well. It won’t happen overnight. Of course, it couldn’t.
Srikumar has distilled lessons from across the globe, tapping on deep understanding of the common experience of mankind’s philosophies and religions to arrive at universal insights. I’m reframing the book a bit but for me the most compelling lesson was that happiness is essentially a decision, a decision to practice happiness. Within that framework, he offers specific approaches and habits, but they all stem from the approach that you are in charge of your happiness.
I believe that we have it basically backward in western approach to worker satisfaction. We feel that if we increase productivity and performance, the company will do well, and the employees will gain a sense of satisfaction and happiness. I now believe that we need to first create environments for happy workers. I’m not talking about the superficial happiness of time off and company picnics. I’m talking about the deeper happiness that comes from a sense of competence, and connection to a sense of purpose beyond ourselves.… (mehr)