A Guide To Livelihood For A New Generation

Genuine 

"Genuine is being present enough to see situation for what it is. It's slowing down to a point to see the reality of a situation and coming to the logic around what's going on next. But mistakes are a big path of the spiritual life. We stumble along the way, but there is a lot one could do: It's acknowledging your mistake , forgiving yourself, and committing never to make that mistake again and that last part is where it takes discipline."

Fearless

"It's not so much that we are without fear, it's the idea when fear comes up, as it will throughout our life, we're looking to look at it, address it, and see our way through it. We're not going to shrink from scary situations. We know the quickest way through fear is to look at it."

Artfulness

"There's an artful aspect of delegation and empowering others. You pick the right people ant trust them. I feel that many people have barrier that is not necessary. When it comes down to making yourself human, I think that is the best thing. There's is a real strength in vulnerability."

"The role of the leader is to simultaneously maintain the long range view but do more on the ground. When I meet with people who say,  'I'm more big-vision I say,'  'Okay what is your assistant doing right now? It's bringing them down to Earth."

Rejoicing

"Rejoicing is one we don't really do enough of in today's work environment. It's like, 'Okay we just got a major sale or closed our feature project-now we need to do this.' Just take a little time to say, 'Wow, we just affected a lot of people's lives. That's really incredible if think about it.' Celebrate the little successes along the way."

Benevolence

"When we encounter the speed and aggression that often exists on workplace scenarios, we counter it with spaciousness It's little like a meditation jujitsu where the more people become aggressive, the more you  become spacious. There's a sense of playfulness you infuse in your activities and you don't take things so personally. It's seeing other people's anger and not fueling that fire."

 "For me, it comes down to separating the idea that our spiritual life and home life are different than  our work. It's not like we walk into the office and our mind shifts. If we're forcing ourselves to do that , it's like we're living dual lives and that drains us long-term. The more we take a holistic a perspective of our work, the better-and the more we relate to others based on our personal lives, the better."