Buddha's Office: The Ancient Art of Waking Up While Working Well

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There's not enough of us who are truly enjoying our work. Too many are working long hours at jobs they can't stand. Many are suffering from non-stop stress or lack of resources or miserable behaviour from colleagues or clients. Or maybe work is just fine for you, but you just wish there was a little less of it. Does anyone really enjoy answering emails and texts at all hours? It doesn't have to be this way. Buddha knew this, without ever setting foot in an office. Though he never held a job - Buddha knew that helping ordinary people work right was essential to helping them find their own path to awakening. BUDDHA'S OFFICE will help you do just that - find a way of working that is "right" in every sense of the word: right for you, right for your health, right for your sanity, and right for the world. You don't have to become Buddhist either. Buddha never used that word, and might not be thrilled with the way people use it today. He believed in paying attention, taking care of ourselves, and waking up. Like anything worth doing, there are no shortcuts, but this book will show you how Buddha's simple instructions apply to our everyday lives in the office or on the job. Before long, you'll find yourself waking up while working well.

Dan Zigmond is a writer, data scientist, and Zen priest living in Menlo Park, CA. He has held positions at Google, Microsoft, and other tech companies, and is currently the Director of Analytics at Facebook. In May 2015, he was named one of the "20 Business Geniuses You Need to Know" by Wired magazine. He is also the co-author of Buddha's Diet: The Ancient Art of Losing Weight Without Losing Your Mind.

Buddha's Office beautifully links the worlds of Buddha and business. Author Dan Zigmond is both an ordained Zen monk and a highly effective people manager. This book is a wise exploration of how those two are less different than you might think. --Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram Buddha's Office: The Ancient Art of Waking Up While Working Well combines Buddhist principles with business management advice. The result is an inherently fascinating, impressively informative, exceptionally practical, and thoroughly 'user friendly' compendium of insight, advice and inspiration for improving our professional and personal lives with respect to whatever form of workplace that employs us.---Midwest Book Review A delightful read. A practical, sensible, and unvarnished look at how we might apply the ancient wisdom of Buddha's basic instructions to modern daily life. --Chris Cox, former Chief Product Officer at Facebook A refreshingly practical guide . . . Zigmond brings a light touch to meaty content. --Randy Komisar, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, author of The Monk and the Riddle A wise and compassionate workbook for bringing more humanity and connection into the workplace and into your life. Dan Zigmond has a clear and powerful way of making a case for the value of working and living with more awareness and heart. --Marc Lesser, author of Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader Can you actually find happiness and fulfillment and even 'wake up' at work? Buddha's Office provides readers with a path to help you do just that. Warm, funny, and packed with practical wisdom, this book by Dan Zigmond might just change your life. --Amy Sandler, CMO and Coach at Radical Candor It's the definitive text on how to ensure work isn't a distraction from our spiritual life but an integral part of it.---Lion's Roar Offers the perfect antidote for our current unsatisfactory work culture. We're conditioned to believe work has to be something we try to escape, but Zigmond shows us how to bring Buddhust principles into the art of work and make it a joyful and relaxing part of your life. --Ginny Hogan, comedian and author of Toxic Femininity in the Workplace This book may well transform your life at work! --Kevin Systrom, co-founder of Instagram This small book is packed with insights, practices, wisdom and humor, all guaranteed to make you the most popular bodhisattva at the water cooler. --Eddie Stern, author of One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life We all struggle with finding fulfillment and happiness in the daily grind of our careers. Thankfully, Dan Zigmond has brought to life the answers to our challenges with the timeless wisdom of Buddha translated to the realities of our modern workplace. You can find success and joy in your work, all you have to do is act on the recommendations of this delightful book.--Mike Steib, CEO of Artsy and author of The Career Manifesto What every book about mindfulness and work should be: thoughtful, accessible, practical without being formulaic. Yes, it's about how to work more mindfully, but it's really about how to live more mindfully. --Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author of The Distraction Addiction and Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less Working Buddhists and those interested in Buddhist mindfulness will find this to be an accessible, down-to-earth handbook for finding a 'middle path' while at the office.--Publishers Weekly