Category Archives: Featured
Be Confident, Question Everything: Marc Lesser Talks the Power of Paradox
March 12, 2013
In his last book, Less, SIYLI CEO Marc Lesser discussed how a focused mind can make you a more effective worker. In his new book, Know Yourself, Forget Yourself, he examines how five paradoxes can help you achieve clarity in life and at work. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Marc Lesser, Practices, Practicing Mindfulness, Search Inside Yourself, SIYLI Tagged Conditions for Success, emotional intelligence, Exercises, happiness at work, Know Yourself Forget Yourself, marc lesser, Paradoxes, Search Inside Yourself, SIYLI
What Needs Does Your Work or Business Meet?
July 18, 2012
What needs does your work or business meet? Continue reading
Posted in Featured Tagged awareness, business, meeting needs, mindfulness, work life balance
TEDx Presidio
July 16, 2012
Join us at TEDx Presidio event! Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Marc Lesser, Meng-Tan Tagged marc lesser, Meng-Tan, TEDx Presidio
So Grateful for Mindfulness Spreading Worldwide
July 12, 2012
He says in all seriousness that if the techniques of Search Inside Yourself are adopted everywhere, it can create conditions for world peace. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Meng-Tan, Notable Media Tagged emotional intelligence, Google, Meng-Tan, mindfulness
Wholeheartedness in Business Instead of Busy in Business
July 6, 2012
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
- Pablo Picasso Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Practices Tagged business structure, marc lesser, organizational training
Small Steps Toward Empathy, Mindfulness, Compassion, Balance
July 3, 2012
“What if all workplaces implemented even a small amount of each workday toward mindfulness? How would that reshape the workplace?” Continue reading
Posted in Attention Training, Emotional Intelligence, Featured, MINDFULNESS Tagged empathy, human behavior, mindfulness, organizational structure, workplace culture
Having Fun For A Living
June 28, 2012
“Alignment means aligning our work with our values and higher purpose. Half jokingly, I think of alignment as finding a way to never have to work again for the rest of your life and still get paid.” Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Meng-Tan, SIYLI Tagged alignment, creativity, FLOW, Meng-Tan, organizational effectiveness, purpose in work
Resilience and Developing Optimism
June 27, 2012
Resilience is the ability to overcome obstacles along the way. Alignment and envisioning help you find out where you want to go, and resilience helps you get there.
We can train resilience on three levels… Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Meng-Tan Tagged calm, cognitive resilience, inner calm, Meng-Tan, mindfulness training, resilience, SIYLI
The Mindfulness of Images and Words
June 26, 2012
“Marc, we have a lot of balls in the air.” This was a statement made recently by one of my co-workers. This was said in response to a number of projects that I had recently initiated and that he was now managing. I suggested that we try on a different image… Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Marc Lesser Tagged marc lesser, mindfulness
What Do You Call The World
May 31, 2012
There is a famous story from the Zen tradition that has been passed down for more than a thousand years, about two Zen teachers discussing a primary issue of where we put our focus and attention… Continue reading
