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awake at work Reviews | TOC | Sample Chapter
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi
Getting Started: Work’s Invitation to Wake Up 1
Cultivating Mindfulness at Work 10
Contemplating the Awake at Work Slogans 17
PART ONE
The Four Primary Slogans
1. Balance the two efforts 23
2. Be authentic 30
3. Cultivate li 40
4. Work is a mess 47
PART TWO
Developing a Composed Attitude
5. No ground, no guarantees, just now 55
6. A bucket and a thumb 59
7. Your present job is going away 63
8. Step beyond the silence of fear 66
9. Power is unnerving 71
10. Be cynical 76
11. Contemplate wealth 80
12. At times of risk and stress, cultivate stillness 84
13. Cultivate “kitchen sink’’ mentality 89
14. Be kind to yourself 92
15. Open 95
PART THREE
Working with Others
16. Welcome the tyrant 101
17. First to pacify, last to destroy 106
18. No blame 116
19. Practice ‘‘no credentials’’ 119
20. Cultivate the art of conversation 125
21. Avoid idiot compassion 130
22. Study the six confusions 135
23. Extend the four composures 144
24. Everybody just wants to bounce their ball 149
25. Treat everyone as a guest 153
26. Witness from the heart 157
PART FOUR
Acting Precisely
27. Don’t forget 163
28. Appreciate the intimacy of morning routines 167
29. Acknowledge small boredoms 170
30. Respect karma 174
31. Do not-know 180
32. Be humble while ambitious 185
33. Notice and cut work’s speed 189
34. Take a fresh glimpse and adapt 194
35. Keep your seat 198
APPENDIXES
Instructions for Mindfulness-Awareness Meditation 205
Instructions for Contemplating the Slogans 208
Contemplations-in-Action on Wealth 211
Five Contemplations for Cultivating Li 215
Acknowledgments xi
Getting Started: Work’s Invitation to Wake Up 1
Cultivating Mindfulness at Work 10
Contemplating the Awake at Work Slogans 17
PART ONE
The Four Primary Slogans
1. Balance the two efforts 23
2. Be authentic 30
3. Cultivate li 40
4. Work is a mess 47
PART TWO
Developing a Composed Attitude
5. No ground, no guarantees, just now 55
6. A bucket and a thumb 59
7. Your present job is going away 63
8. Step beyond the silence of fear 66
9. Power is unnerving 71
10. Be cynical 76
11. Contemplate wealth 80
12. At times of risk and stress, cultivate stillness 84
13. Cultivate “kitchen sink’’ mentality 89
14. Be kind to yourself 92
15. Open 95
PART THREE
Working with Others
16. Welcome the tyrant 101
17. First to pacify, last to destroy 106
18. No blame 116
19. Practice ‘‘no credentials’’ 119
20. Cultivate the art of conversation 125
21. Avoid idiot compassion 130
22. Study the six confusions 135
23. Extend the four composures 144
24. Everybody just wants to bounce their ball 149
25. Treat everyone as a guest 153
26. Witness from the heart 157
PART FOUR
Acting Precisely
27. Don’t forget 163
28. Appreciate the intimacy of morning routines 167
29. Acknowledge small boredoms 170
30. Respect karma 174
31. Do not-know 180
32. Be humble while ambitious 185
33. Notice and cut work’s speed 189
34. Take a fresh glimpse and adapt 194
35. Keep your seat 198
APPENDIXES
Instructions for Mindfulness-Awareness Meditation 205
Instructions for Contemplating the Slogans 208
Contemplations-in-Action on Wealth 211
Five Contemplations for Cultivating Li 215