Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work's Chaos

by Michael Carroll
Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work's Chaos  
published February 14th 2006 by Shambhala
binding Paperback
isbn 1590302729   (isbn13: 9781590302729)
pages 272
description When we think of work, we often think of drudgery, frustration, and stress. For too many of us, work is the last place in our lives we expect to exper...more
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02-21-07



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Graham
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bookshelves: buddhism, religion
Good quick read: As a lifelong Buddhist I learned to meditate before I learned to crawl, but this book brings the lessons that I daily use into a language that I think most people can understand.
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03/10/08

Be who you are where you are...I'm terrible at that, but this book has good suggestions both for work and potentially for the outside world as well...And I need to sit more often!
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Douglas
Read in December, 2007
Just started today to read this book in the hopes of having harmony and balance in my world at work. I do like some of the ideas and think they could be of benefit.
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Read in April, 2007
recommends it for: younger working women
Great theories to apply to the working world, unfortunately, "been there done that". I quit working instead.
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