Leading Wisely

Index

• A
• action
  • and courage 131–3
  • doing what feels right 32–6

• addiction, greed turning into 89–90
• Aesop's fables
  • the fox and the grapes 77
  • the mouse and the lion 55

• affect balance scores 138–9
• aggression 58
• Alexander the Great and Diogenes, story of 151–2
• alignment, living your life in 142–3
• altruistic activities, increasing happiness 146–9
• anger 51–2, 64–5, 115, 129
• anger management 47–8
• answers, looking for 15–17
• apathy 30
• appreciation of yourself 137
• Aristotle 121
• arrogance 24, 25
• attitude
  • forgiving 63–4, 67–8
  • and happiness 136–7, 139
  • of not knowing 15

• Auden, Wystan Hugh 79
• Aurelius, Marcus 136, 151
• Austen, Jane 65
• authenticity 34, 44–5, 46, 125
• avarice see greed

• B
• battles, choosing wisely 109–20
• the Bhudda 38–9, 49, 51–2, 64–5, 150, 152
• biases 25–6, 29
• blame, attributing to others 141
• book of life 16
• boundaries, setting 56–7
• bravery
  • and courage 128–9
  • and forgiveness 70–1

• bridge building, forgiveness 62–3

• C
• caring for future generations 92
• Cervantes, Miguel de 95
  • Don Quixote 109–11

• change 41–2, 121, 142
• Chekhov, Anton 32
• choices, making 115–20
  • between building fences or bridges 63
  • between courage and comfort 128

• Cicero 12, 157
• Cinderella story and envy 73–4
• comfort zone, stepping out of 48–9, 72, 124, 131
• the common good, wise people serving 5, 12, 17, 123, 152, 156
• comparison with others 80, 142–3
  • and envy 74–5
  • and feeling inferior 81

• compassion 29–32, 58
• competitive behavior 58
• conformity 126, 127
• Confucius 51, 69–70, 151,