March 2021
Beginner
272 pages
7h 7m
English
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The meditation bell rang. Three Buddhist nuns and two monks wearing saffron-colored robes closed their eyes and focused on their breath. Five men in heavy work boots shifted uncomfortably in their seats. It was the kickoff construction meeting for a new nunnery at a Buddhist monastery in San Diego, a project poised to embrace a more collaborative and empathetic method of building.
At the center of this project was construction project manager Ed, a client who had come to me 12 months earlier for coaching. He had been thinking of closing his company and starting a new career. Ed found meaning in his personal ...