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From the author of the best-selling Buddha Walks into a Bar . . ., wisdom for "Generation Next" on how to make your work meaningful, satisfying, and of benefit to others.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:
Introduction

HINAYANA: LIVE WITH PURPOSE
Setting an Intention
Discovering Our Worthiness: An Introduction to Meditation Practice
Be Who You Want to Be
Wielding Your Speech like the Hammer of Thor
Russian Roulette and the Power of Just Do It
Five Slogans for Changing How You View Work

MAHAYANA: ON-THE-JOB COMPASSION
Rom Coms, Zombies, and Bodhicitta
Mentors and Virtue
Bombing Your Workplace with Awake
Karma, the Six Realms, and Why You Should Stop Being a Jerk
Three Steps for Creating Social Change through Inner Change
Five Slogans for Empathy and Compassion

MAHAYANA: SIX TOOLS FOR COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP
Benevolence (or Bashing Aggression with the Velvet Hammer)
True (or How to be Steady as a Mountain)
Genuine (or Pointing to the Stars)
Fearlessness (or Being Decisive in an Indecisive World)
Artfulness (or Arranging Your Kingdom)
Rejoicing (or It's Okay to Party)

VAJRAYANA: BE AWAKE EACH MOMENT
Developing Confidence
It's Hard out Here for a Pimp: Right Livelihood Revisited
Let Go of My Ego
Strippers, Life Coaches, and Cultivating an Authentic Presence
Five Slogans for Increasing Conviction in Your Natural State

About the Author

LODRO RINZLER is a teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and founder of the Institute for Compassionate Leadership. His columns appear regularly in the Huffington Post and Marie Claire, and his writings have appeared in Reality Sandwich, the Interdependence Project, the Shambhala Sun, Buddhadharma, and the Good Men Project. He is also the author of The Buddha Walks into a Bar . . ., Sit Like a Buddha, and Walk Like a Buddha- Even if Your Boss Sucks, Your Ex Is Torturing You, and You're Hungover Again. For more of Lodro visit www.lodrorinzler.com.

Reviews

"Rinzler offers spiritual guidance for young people who have forgotten something important in the midst of career advancement and professional networking: that it is not what they do that defines them, but rather who they are. With that focus, cultivation and enlightenment can be brought to any job and any experience."—Publishers Weekly

"This is a magnificent book that just happens to be truly fun to read. Accessible, urgent and life-changing."—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin