There’s a natural tendency to view different elements of our lives as being unique and distinct from one another: what we do at home, or what we do as part of our personal growth journey, is somehow fundamentally different from what we do at work. So what can we do, both as individuals and a collective, to bring those same mindful traits into the workplace?

That's the question we explore today with Marc Lesser, founding CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.

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Timestamps:

01:01: From Zen to NYU.

03:27: Stories from the Zen kitchen.

08:51: Compressing “big” lessons into understood words.

11:32: Does “no-gaining mind” work in a capitalist context?

18:08: What moves you from your home base?

20:23: What is the benefit of having more mindful leaders?

23:35: Critiques of mindfulness.

27:30: The most common questions, and most powerful tools.

32:04: If you could go back in time and tell yourself something, what would you say?

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