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Resisting Change, Leading Change

Resisting Change, Leading Change

Adapted from Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons From Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen My experience teaching mindfulness at Google and to companies and individuals around the world is that there is a tremendous need and hunger for understanding and...

A Taste of Awe

A Taste of Awe

As I write, it’s less than a week before the 2020 US election, and there’s a lot to be upset, nervous, angry, and disenchanted about. It’s unknown if our democracy will hold. It’s unknown if we will continue to pretend that the pandemic, systemic racism, and climate...

Interview: Mindful Leadership | Valeria Teles

Interview: Mindful Leadership | Valeria Teles

Marc Lesser joined Valeria Teles on the Fit For Joy podcast for a conversation about Zen, making things simpler, mindful leadership, and the connection between success, freedom, love, failure, pain, and possibility. You can listen to the conversation below.

The Good, the Bad, and How We Perceive Both

The Good, the Bad, and How We Perceive Both

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? I suppose this is an unfair question. I think we are all born with a certain set point about how we approach events and conditions and then we learn and develop filters, lenses, and mental models that further shape how we see...