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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792239403321

Autore

Heine Steven <1950->

Titolo

White collar Zen [[electronic resource] ] : using Zen principles to overcome obstacles and achieve your career goals / / Steven Heine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-518432-7

1-280-83840-X

0-19-803626-4

1-4294-3827-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

650.1

Soggetti

Management - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Leadership - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Business - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Interpersonal relations - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Organizational behavior - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Game plan -- Mountains are mountains: roots of everyday stress -- Introduction: applying Zen -- Zen and professional leadership -- The power of Zen -- Mountains are not mountains: transforming conflict into opportunity -- Everybody must get foxed -- The greater the doubt, the greater the enlightenment -- Seeing the forest, but not missing the trees -- Mountains are mountains, again: from structure to anti-structure -- Returning to the marketplace -- All's well that ends well -- Coming from nowhere to somewhere -- Glossary -- Appendix: Koan translation ("Te-shan carrying his bundle").

Sommario/riassunto

It is said that in traditional Japan the samurai embraced Zen because it helped them to be fearless in adversity, to act quickly and decisively, and to keep focused on their ultimate goal. In White Collar Zen, Steven Heine shows how, by applying Zen principles in our working lives, we can achieve the same results for ourselves.   Heine describes the way Zen embraces two different yet harmonious paths. The Way of the Hermit teaches detachment--the mental clarity you need to view your



situation dispassionately and impartially, to perceive who is an ally and who is a competitor, to understand wha