
Being Buddha at Work
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Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: Putting Buddha to Work
- Part I Becoming a Mindful Worker
- Choosing Mindful Work Creating Right Livelihood
- Advantages of mindful work
- Choosing the right career or job
- Becoming a great employee
- Self-esteem
- Dealing with distractions
- Practical Enlightenment Chop Wood, Carry Water
- Beginner's mind
- Establishing priorities
- Time management
- Procrastination
- Too much e-mail
- Getting lost in cyberspace
- Selling without selling out
- Really distasteful jobs
- Quality of Work Life The Middle Way at Work
- When smart people do dumb things
- Discouragement
- Rumors and gossip
- The company you keep
- Achieving work/life balance
- The cost and benefits of integrity and wisdom
- Being Successful How Do You Define Success?
- Achieving goals
- Multitasking
- Finding the "right" answer to a problem
- Admitting mistakes
- Getting promoted
- Celebrating accomplishments
- Happiness vis-à-vis success
- Money and Happiness What's the Connection?
- "The root of all evil"
- Personal wealth
- Creating a long-term spending plan
- Greed
- Getting rich
- Financial setbacks and losses
- Financial hardship
- Planning for retirement
- Dealing with Change Riding the Waves of Impermanence
- Resistance to change
- Anxiety, fear, and stress
- Losing your job
- Changing careers
- Finding new work
- Taking care of yourself in difficult times
- Part II Cultivating Mindful Work Relationships
- Working with Others Unity in Diversity
- Getting along with others
- The golden rule
- Influencing others
- Doing something extra for others
- Double standards between ourselves and others
- Work spouses
- The importance of listening
- Receiving negative feedback
- Teaching or training a coworker
- Criticizing someone
- Encouraging personal accountability
- Helping others deal with change
- Dealing with Difficult People Seeing All Beings as the Buddha
- Dealing with jerks
- Coworkers who lie
- Handling people pleasers
- Being bad-mouthed
- Anger
- Adulterous affairs at work
- Whiners and negative people
- Conflict with a teammate
- Customers-Love 'Em or Lose 'Em Customer Service as Bodhisattva Activity
- The importance of customer service
- Encouragement for customer service people
- Handling an angry customer
- Bad customer service
- Public relations
- Part III Creating a Mindful Workplace
- Leadership and Bosses Lead, Follow, or Get Off the Path
- True leadership
- Identifying and selecting good leaders
- Becoming a great employer or boss
- Bosses who surround themselves with "yes" men
- Tough, demanding bosses
- Executive egos
- Power struggles
- Terrible bosses
- The Big Issues Beyond the Bottom Line
- Making a profit
- Bottom-line thinking vs. Buddha-mind thinking
- Writing a mission statement
- Investing in the future
- Developing a learning organization
- Encouraging creativity and innovation
- Corporate responsibility
- Going green
- Work Practices and Processes Practice Is Awakening
- Short-term versus long-term thinking
- Designing work processes
- Technology
- Business gurus and consultants
- Improving communication within an organization
- Running a mindful meeting
- The Care and Feeding of Employees Your Team as Your Sangha
- Selecting and hiring the right person for the job
- Motivating people
- Expectations
- Employee training
- Increasing employee morale
- Job security
- Guiding career development
- Incentives and bonuses
- Solving People Problems There Are No Answers-Pursue Them Lovingly
- Policies and procedures
- Employee diversity
- Stereotyping
- Sexism
- Sexual harassment
- Squabbling coworkers
- Firing someone for poor performance
- Lack of trust
- Organizational Change Everything Changes
- Nothing Remains without Change
- Reorganizing, mergers, and acquisitions
- Outsourcing and rightsizing
- Corporate crises and scandals
- Turning around a business
- Starting a new business
- Glossary of Buddhist Terms
- Notes on Sources
- A Word about Sources
- Notes
- About the Authors
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