An executive coach and Zen priest presents five paradoxical truths that lie at the heart of an effective and joyful approach to success in life and work. We all yearn for clear-cut answers to life's problems. Yet we rarely get them. And when we do, we often receive results that point us in the exact opposite direction than what we expected. Formulas fail and contradictions mount. In Know Yourself, Forget Yourself, executive coach and Zen teacher Marc Lesser shows that understanding and embracing the points where our life feels most confusing, most contradictory, can lead us to more satisfaction and joy.
Because our order-seeking brains sometimes resist these paradoxical truths, Lesser provides clear guidance and simple tools and practices for embracing five central contradictions in our life and navigating them to increase our effectiveness and happiness. As Lesser writes in his prologue: "Knowing, in any particular situation, what an appropriate response should be almost always involves embracing the knotty riddles and contradictions in one or more of these five arenas. In all cases, by seeing the ways we are out of balance in these areas, we can learn what we need to do to recover our balance and become more effective."
A rare, nuanced book in the field of personal growth, Know Yourself, Forget Yourself will resonate with readers who are searching for an approach to success in life and work that doesn't rely on formulas that inevitably fail when confronted with life's confusing challenges. Based on Buddhist mindfulness and meditation practices, and bolstered by the latest neuroscience, Know Yourself, Forget Yourself is a profound book about cultivating the emotional skills to understand the right path through life's difficulties and challenges.
