A former Zen monk taught meditation to Google's top leaders.
He developed a “cheat sheet” for finding clarity in your life.
Here it is (and why everyone needs to know it):
He developed a “cheat sheet” for finding clarity in your life.
Here it is (and why everyone needs to know it):
Marc Lesser spent decades as a Zen monk.
He then became an entrepreneur and helped launch Google’s “Search Inside Yourself” program.
In his book, “Finding Clarity,” Marc gives us a cheat sheet.
It has 9 components:
He then became an entrepreneur and helped launch Google’s “Search Inside Yourself” program.
In his book, “Finding Clarity,” Marc gives us a cheat sheet.
It has 9 components:
Start by stopping:
Knowing and understanding ourselves takes time and effort, but it’s worth it.
The first step to finding clarity is to STOP. Create space to reset.
Practices like meditation and reflection help with this.
Knowing and understanding ourselves takes time and effort, but it’s worth it.
The first step to finding clarity is to STOP. Create space to reset.
Practices like meditation and reflection help with this.
Turn toward inner conflicts:
Engaging with our inner conflicts is an important part of growth.
We all experience success and failure, optimism and pessimism, introversion & extroversion.
Facing, not avoiding, conflicts helps us appreciate our own depth & complexity.
Engaging with our inner conflicts is an important part of growth.
We all experience success and failure, optimism and pessimism, introversion & extroversion.
Facing, not avoiding, conflicts helps us appreciate our own depth & complexity.
Engage with outer conflicts:
Conflict with others is part of life.
These conflicts and misunderstandings provide opportunities for growth, learning, and intimacy.
Engage these with compassion.
Conflict with others is part of life.
These conflicts and misunderstandings provide opportunities for growth, learning, and intimacy.
Engage these with compassion.
Strive toward alignment via accountability:
Accountability helps us align our actions with our goals.
This means holding ourselves and others accountable for our expectations and choices, for the process, and for how we respect and take care of our relationships.
Accountability helps us align our actions with our goals.
This means holding ourselves and others accountable for our expectations and choices, for the process, and for how we respect and take care of our relationships.
Cultivate courage:
Finding clarity in our lives takes courage.
We must be willing to confront desires and fears and let go of avoidance patterns.
In doing this, we cultivate courage.
Finding clarity in our lives takes courage.
We must be willing to confront desires and fears and let go of avoidance patterns.
In doing this, we cultivate courage.
Prioritize relationships:
Compassionate accountability fosters connection, understanding and trust.
The fruit of this is healthy, vibrant and effective relationships.
Those relationships help us clearly navigate life.
Compassionate accountability fosters connection, understanding and trust.
The fruit of this is healthy, vibrant and effective relationships.
Those relationships help us clearly navigate life.
Build supportive communities:
We can’t do this work alone.
We need the support of others.
Build healthy communities around you that focus on shared goals.
We can’t do this work alone.
We need the support of others.
Build healthy communities around you that focus on shared goals.
Practice:
Like anything, finding clarity takes practice.
At work and at home, every moment provides an opportunity to learn, grow and understand.
Practicing those skills creates clarity.
Like anything, finding clarity takes practice.
At work and at home, every moment provides an opportunity to learn, grow and understand.
Practicing those skills creates clarity.
Change happens quickly and gradually:
When it comes to growth, it helps to be both patient and impatient.
We can’t expect instant results. Lasting change requires patience and diligence.
On the other hand, don’t wait. The moment is now.
When it comes to growth, it helps to be both patient and impatient.
We can’t expect instant results. Lasting change requires patience and diligence.
On the other hand, don’t wait. The moment is now.
As a Zen monk, Marc learned that difficulty in life is inevitable.
None of us will avoid it.
We ALL need to find clarity on our journey.
This cheat sheet is meant to be a tool to help us all do that more effectively.
As a dear friend, I’ve watched Marc live these lessons.
None of us will avoid it.
We ALL need to find clarity on our journey.
This cheat sheet is meant to be a tool to help us all do that more effectively.
As a dear friend, I’ve watched Marc live these lessons.
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P.S. Marc’s book “Finding Clarity” comes out on April 11.
You can check it out here:
a.co
P.S. Marc’s book “Finding Clarity” comes out on April 11.
You can check it out here:
a.co
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