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Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership
Synchronicity is an inspirational guide to developing the most essential leadership capacity for our time: how we can collectively shape our future. Through the telling of his life story, Jaworski posits that a real leader sets the stage on which "predictable miracles, " seemingly synchronistic in nature, can - and do - occur. He shows that this capacity has more to do wit...more
Paperback, 213 pages
Published
January 1st 1996
by Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Joseph Jaworsky - Synchronicity, The Inner Path of Leadership
Well, ehm, I just earlier tonight wrote about how I might sometimes come to read a book by a strange incident or the way I happen to come across it. My choice to read Synchronicity had a direct relation with one of the destinations on my trip to France, Chartres and its medival cathedral. I wanted to visit the cathedral ever since 2001 and once even had already booked a hotel in the town when I had to cancel two years ago. My finances...more
Well, ehm, I just earlier tonight wrote about how I might sometimes come to read a book by a strange incident or the way I happen to come across it. My choice to read Synchronicity had a direct relation with one of the destinations on my trip to France, Chartres and its medival cathedral. I wanted to visit the cathedral ever since 2001 and once even had already booked a hotel in the town when I had to cancel two years ago. My finances...more
I like Jaworski's message that we need to find a way to create the kind of world we want and that we have to serve others and build strong bonds between people in order to do so. His story is also interesting, and it's clear he has lived a full life. A lot of the meaning he finds in the theories of David Bohm and in a sense of general interconnectedness I think I get from my religious faith, so that made it a little tougher for me to see exactly eye-to-eye with him. I also didn't always complete...more
I could subtitle this book "a hero's journey for the 1%". It's an interesting read on how the author reacted to a lot of the challenges of his life. That said, was hard for me to be enthusiastic about how he got there, because this is obviously a person born into privilege, who can have immediate access to important people whenever he wants. I was laughing out loud when he wrote about how he "ran into" Frank Tarkington, who immediately shared personal details with him. This book is full of anecd...more
A great exploration in an autoenthnographical manner exploring the leadership crisis in our world. In 1984 I was just beginning an appreciative inguiry and dialog into the human condition from new cognitive awareness and found the interactions with Francisco Verela and David Bohm's Implicit and Explicit Unfolding universe very helpful. An enjoyable read starting with Watergate and Joseph's father Leon face off with the Richard Nixon who was an American Criminal and the political chaos of the his...more
A friend had given me this book for my birthday last year when it seemed like everything in my life was a mess. Shortly after reading this book a number of things that had seemed meanless seemed to reveal themselves as bigger pictures and my life dramatically changed. I know that sounds a little clique but I truly saw an incredible difference in the way I saw myself and life around me. I absolutely recommend it to any one.
The introduction by Peter Senge is worth the price of the book. I'm about half way through the book. It's one where every page has something to be underlined (except that I usually don't do that) - and has generated several "quotes" for my Facebook page. I'll have more to say about this book if I remember to come back here after I'm done it.
It took me some time to get into this book as he spends a significant amount of time building up to the magic he offers at the end. It is full of story, but through the story of his life you start to see how the magic of synchronicity works. That idea of committing to something and then as Joseph Campbell said, "doors will open for you where you would have never thought there would be doors and where there would not be doors for anyone else." Or something magnificent along those lines.
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Jun 03, 2007
Peep Laja
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anyone going after their dreams
Synchronicity is meaningful coincidences that cannot be explained by cause and effect. This is a very inspiring book. You should read it before embarking on a journey to achieve your dream. It is about importance of finding your true self, listening to your gut and seizing opportunities. It is not one of those teacher meets pupils kind of books where the guru tells you how to live, it is much more than that. The author tells his life story and wonders about life on the way. If you read "Alchemis...more
Love, love, love this book. Anyone who is in leadership and who is into the law of attraction will be attracted to this book. Easy read.
Fantastic book using science and and ancient wisdom to make a real difference in business and to the world.
Half way through. This book is AWESOME One I will reread many times.
Feb 05, 2013
Gina Mccloskey
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Great book about organizational leadership
I hit the book running strong. I think the first good hour to an hour and a half in I thought it was one of the most powerful books I had read when learning about Joseph's earlier life and the flow that seemed to connect him with others .. how easy synchronicity really is when you are open to it.
Then the book changed. It was all about his leadership forum.. development development blah blah blah and I was disapointed to have lost interest. The power the message was really left behind in the late...more
Then the book changed. It was all about his leadership forum.. development development blah blah blah and I was disapointed to have lost interest. The power the message was really left behind in the late...more
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Apr 22, 2009
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Great book on leadership
Such complete crap.
Awesome!
A very good book that allows you to reflect on a different path to understanding the most important component of leadership; developing a more complete understanding of your own feelings, drives, and motivations. Even though I thought Jaworski's style was at times more of a self-testimonial, I think he was able to draw some relevant themes and analogies that made it better to understand.
A great book
Life's inner journey is the most important thing we could ever do for oneself and for the world.
I loved his determination which he handled with ease. But somehow it left me flat at the end.
I loved his determination which he handled with ease. But somehow it left me flat at the end.
A really good book that begins to kludge to some great stuff.
Look beyond the here and now. Understand why you meet people.
I have probably read this book about three times now and each time I gain something different from it. While some will struggle with the writers journey to self actualization and see it as a narcissistic rant (I did have one client tell me this), I personally found it aspirational. If a successful lawyer living a life of desirable consumerism (he drove one of my favourite cars, a DB9) can give all that up for something more meaningful in life....then there's hope for the rest of us!
Jun 12, 2013
MaryO
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