Recommended Reading and Resources

MARC’S WEBSITES / SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS

Personal Website: https://marclesser.net/

Mill Valley Zen Website: https://millvalleyzen.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-lesser-zba/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marclesser/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marclesser

Facebook: https://facebook.com/marclesserzba

 

ONLINE COURSES

Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader (on-demand course)

 

BOOKS

Marc’s books

Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen

Know Yourself, Forget Yourself: Five Truths to Transform Your Work, Relationships, and Everyday Life

Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less

Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration

 

BOOKS BY OTHERS

Dare To Lead by Brene Brown

Being Peace, and The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind; Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons For the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Hariri

The Mind of the Leader by Raasmus Hoogard

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer

The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge (*I particularly recommend the chapters on Mental Models and Self Mastery)

Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind, and Not Always So by Shunryu Suzuki

Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright

 

VIDEO

Marc Lesser: How to be an Emotional Jedi

Brene Brown: The Call to Courage

Brene Brown: Dare To Lead

 

POEMS

For a Leader by John O’Donohue

Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye

Mindful by Mary Oliver

You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford

 

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND COURSES

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The Hero’s Journey: Finding Your Power (10 week course)
Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader (10 week course)