The Buddha identified craving as the root of suffering. But when leaders hear this, many ask: “Does this mean I shouldn’t have ambitions, dreams, or passions?” Not at all. The key is distinguishing between healthy desire and craving. Craving is a compulsive, grasping impulse fueled by ignorance — the clinging that says “I must have this, or I must [...]
Every leader knows the reality of stress, misalignment, and firefighting in their organizations. Over 2,500 years ago, the Buddha offered a framework to understand suffering, its cause, its end, and the path to freedom. While these truths arose in a spiritual context, they apply powerfully to modern leadership 1. The Truth of Suffering Just as life is marked by [...]
Many of us are running our lives as what I call “functional zombies”. We follow the expected daily routines and obligations perfectly well, we even meet all the eternal measures of success, but when we dig in, we find ourselves numb and dead inside. We find signs of chronic stress, broken relationships, health issues, lack of meaning and purpose, and [...]
In our everyday interactions with people, we often carry a lot of expectations from each other. These expectations are often one sided, unspoken and not understood by the other. And as a result, it often leads to disappointments, betrayals, and resentments. This mode of operation often is a result of an outdated command and control style of leadership. This is [...]
We make choices every minute of our lives, most of which are done unconsciously, and we don’t even notice a choice has been made. For some of the mundane and non-essential tasks and activities, it is perfectly fine to outsource our choice making to our subconscious mind. But when it comes to choices that can change the trajectory of our [...]