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Editorial Review:
For their second collaboration, The Art of Happiness at Work, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and coauthor Howard C Cutler, MD chose a subject that affects millions of people around the world. In this very readable, useful book, the authors attempt to discover the following: "Where does work fit in to our overall quest for happiness?" and "To what degree does work satisfaction affect our overall life satisfaction and happiness?"
The Art of Happiness at Work is a modern-day Socratic dialogue in which Cutler asks the Dalai Lama about the difficulties and rewards we might encounter in the workplace. The authors explore issues such as work and identity, making money, the Buddhist concept of "right livelihood", and transforming dissatisfaction at work. The discussion appears simple, if not obvious, at first, but upon closer scrutiny, the Dalai Lama's profound wisdom and sensitivity emerges. For the Dalai Lama, basic human values such as kindness, tolerance, compassion, honesty and forgiveness are the source of human happiness. Throughout the book, he illustrates with clear examples how bringing those qualities to bear on work-related challenges can help us tolerate or overcome even the thorniest situations. Recognising that not all problems can be solved, the Dalai Lama provides very sound advice. The authors urge balance and self-awareness and wisely state, "No matter how satisfying our work is, it is a mistake to rely on work as our only source of satisfaction". --Silvana Tropea, Amazon.com
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Rational and mind chilling advice This is a superb read, whether or not you are particularly interested in Buddhism, the Dalai Lama and his practice. It combines East and West perspectives in a beautiful, complementary fashion. It's a terrific book for anyone with executive stress and provides self-help in a no-nonsense approach. Great to read again and again when work really gets you down, and equally to share with a colleague going through similar experiences.
good not as good as the first book: "The Art Of Happiness", but does cover many topics the first book doesn't. Seems to be scraping the bottom of the barrel a little bit, should probably buy "The Art Of Happiness" first if your interested, if u already got it then this is like a good expansion of the first. Still an awesome book, very common sense, so usefull for everyone, not a book just for buddhists or meditators etc. But useful for buddhists because the dalai lama's so down to earth compared to some of the... more info
Better without the psychologist..... This is the first book i've read that was written by HH the Dalai Lama and I must say its a very good book. I've been a bit stressed out at work lately for one reason or another and reading this book really put my problems into perspective. Although the book is written by a prominant figure in Tibetan Buddhism don't let that fool you into thinking the whole book is full of high-brow Buddhist philosophies, because it isn't.
The advice contained in the book is the usual common-sense, witty... more info
