The fifth book that I read for my 50 book challenge was Being Buddha at Work: 108 Ancient Truths on Change, Stress, Money, and Success by Franz Metcalf and B.J. Gallagher with a Foreword by His Holiness The Dalai Lama. It covers my “A nonfiction book”, and I finished it on 01/30/2015.
I picked up this book because I have been having some stress from work. I bought the audiobook through Audible using one of my credits for the month.
Overall, I rate this:
The audiobook is read by three different people, two guys and a woman. There are 108 different questions, and each question is read, and then someone reads a quote that fits with the question, and the woman reads a page or two to answer the question. Some of the questions are things like “What Role Doe Expectations Play in Personal and Organizational Success?” or “Can the Buddha’s Teachings Help Boost Employee Morale?”.
The major thing I like about this book is it focuses on all aspects of a company, and it doesn’t only focus on management or underlings. There are some that deal with a difficult boss vs a horrible boss, or a problematic employee. All of them are put into a realist goal, and they understand that no one is perfect.
I’m not a Buddhist, but I do enjoy Buddism. I have attend temple before, though it’s far away and I haven’t gone in a few months. The concept behind it is what intrigues me, that people find inner peace instead of through a higher power. For someone who has to see things to believe them, that makes me happy. Even if you’re not a Buddhist this book would be helpful because a lot of them help you understand basic human nature and things to do that will make your life easier in the workplace.
I saw one person who read one per day for 108 days each morning. That is definitely something you could do, and spread out the positive thoughts throughout this book, or you can read it relatively quickly since it’s only 180 pages.
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