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The Art of Happiness at Work

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For the first time since their revolutionary book, The Art of Happiness, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and psychiatrist Howard Cutler reunite to explore ways in which work and careers can turn out to be a meaningful a part of our lives. The usage of common sense and modern psychiatry, this illuminating book applies 2,500 years of Buddhist tradition to the contemporary struggles faced in finding a calling. The Dalai Lama answers the questions everyone wants answered about the nature of work and finding fulfillment.

In their 1998 book The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and co-creator Howard C. Cutler, M.D., explored how inner development contributes to overall happiness. In their second collaboration, the authors considered how they could best follow their highly successful first book. They chose a subject that affects millions of people world wide and produced. In this very readable, useful book, the authors attempt to discover the following: “Where does work fit in to our overall quest for happiness?” and “To what degree does work satisfaction have an effect on our overall life satisfaction and happiness?”

The Art of Happiness at Work is a modern-day Socratic dialogue in which Cutler asks the Dalai Lama about the difficulties and rewards we might encounter in the workplace. The authors explore issues such as work and identity, making money, the Buddhist concept of “right livelihood,” and transforming dissatisfaction at work. The discussion appears simple, if not obvious, in the beginning, but upon closer scrutiny, the Dalai Lama’s profound wisdom and sensitivity emerges. For the Dalai Lama, basic human values such as kindness, tolerance, compassion, honesty, and forgiveness are the source of human happiness. All through the book, he illustrates with clear examples how bringing those qualities to bear on work-related challenges can help us tolerate or overcome the most thorny situations. Recognizing that not all problems may also be solved, the Dalai Lama provides very sound advice. The authors urge balance and self-awareness and wisely state, “No matter how satisfying our work is, this can be a mistake to rely on work as our only source of satisfaction.” —Silvana Tropea

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