Conscious Management Conscious Living 11242020 Amber Consulting Rudite

Conscious Management, Conscious Living 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting Rudite Emir / Amber Consulting CMSJ, March 2016 1

Who Are YOU? 1. Managers? Senior managers? 2. Other? 3. Familiar with the Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads? 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 2

Waking Up Becoming Conscious GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1. Awareness 2. Clear Intention 3. Breaking Free 4. Using All and Everything as a Wake-up Call 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 3

1. Awareness TO GAIN INNER MASTERY: WAKE UP! BECOME AWARE! 1. Recognize that we go through life half-asleep. 2. Find ways to become more alert. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 4

1. Awareness RECOGNIZING THE INNER WORLD q Becoming aware = becoming ACTUAL CASE aware of not only the external world, but also of our inner functioning and the layers of our personality AWARENESS: Manager at computer firm -unaware of his obsessive negative talking q Moving from external view to a view that includes inner world q Seeing things as they are 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 5

1. Awareness MINDFULNESS TRAINING «Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. » ― Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk from Vietnam Exercise q Be aware of yourself as a body sitting on the chair q Look around. Become aware of all other bodies sitting on chairs. q Breathe slowly, watch the flow of your breath – stay relaxed. q Close your eyes and see yourself smiling inside. q Open your eyes. Stay aware. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 6

1. Awareness MINDFULNESS TRAINING q When the mind is alert: q You see more clearly what is happening around you. q You begin to see others as they are, not as how you wish them to be. q Rather than pushing your agenda, you are open to the flow around you. q You start using your intuition rather than becoming stressed while trying to figure things out. q A good reminder (Swami Chinmayananda’s words): «Be quiet – alert – vigilant!» 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 7

1. Awareness Swami Chinmayananda said: “The same situation, the same sun, moon, and the stars. . . are available to all of us. But I fail. . . while you become a successful man. . . How is it possible? It is only because I know not how to meet my challenges and to react properly, while you know how to react to them. . . “ A person who has become more aware is: Ø More productive Ø Less stressed Ø More harmonious in his relationships Ø More aware of the larger perspective 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 8

1. Awareness VEDANTA, THE SUBJECTIVE SCIENCE The Vedic rishis (sages) of India investigated the human being: conducted experiments in “subjective science. ” Causal Model resulting from their investigations: Intellectual body Emotional Become aware of how you function at five levels of being AND you no longer live in reaction mode. 11/24/2020 Vital: prana Physical Amber Consulting 9

1. Awareness WHO ARE YOU – ULTIMATELY? (The ultimate lesson in awareness) Beyond the five layers we can describe is SOURCE of them all: OM, the Unknowable, the Indescribable. The Source of all being. Causal Intellectual Emotional body Vital: prana Physical 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 10

1. Awareness WHO ARE YOU – ULTIMATELY? Contemporary thinkers describe the Ultimate Reality in their own way, among them, this: “If there is any ultimate stuff of the universe, it is pure energy. . . The world is fundamentally dancing energy; energy that is everywhere and incessantly assuming first this form and then that. ” - Gary Zukav 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 11

1. Awareness AN OBJECT IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE A conversation between Joseph Jaworski and the physicist David Bohm, as recounted by Jaworski: q Bohm raised questions such as: Ø What is mind? Ø What is matter? Ø What is the source of the simple symmetry we see all around us in the natural world? q Bohm: Old concepts of time, space, and matter no longer apply. Instead: 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 12

1. Awareness AN OBJECT IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE (cont’d) David Bohm and Jaworski conversation (cont’d): q In a “Bubble chamber” (where physicists look at matter and examine particles at a subatomic level): Ø Matter is sometimes a particle and sometimes a wave. Ø Particles also sometimes move backward in time. q Light is sometimes a particle and sometimes a wave. q Matter looks static and solid, but its atoms are in constant motion. “We are a drop in the ocean; whatever happens to the ocean happens to the drop; whatever happens to the drop happens to the ocean. ” - Paramahansa Yogananda 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 13

1. Awareness TIPS q Avoid being on auto-pilot: ØBe aware of your physical surroundings. ØStay aware as you interact with others. ØWatch every thought and word. ØIntercept as needed. q Pay attention to your breath when angry or excited. q Practice “review the day” (introspection) at night. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 14

2. Clear Intention When we become masters of our thoughts and ourselves, we have clarity of intention. q Opportunities present themselves when your intention is clear. q What you intend to do, you do. ACTUAL CASE LACK OF CLARITY: small consulting firm with too many service offerings q With intention, you create your reality. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 15

2. Clear Intention DEVELOPING CLARITY OF INSIGHT (for the individual) q Intention: “. . . the force that keeps information in consciousness organized. ” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, University of Chicago psychologist q Clarity of intention: sankalpa ACTUAL CASE Executive frustrated with incompatible values at pharmaceutical firm. Clarified her interest: targeted greeting card firm. Met retired executive at party: job created just for her. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 16

2. Clear Intention DEVELOPING CLARITY OF INSIGHT q Energy dislikes uncertainty. q Energy is drawn to determination, clear intention. SO: q Set high standards. q Don’t be tentative. Keep your intent, your goal firm in your mind. q Challenge yourself and others. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 17

2. Clear Intention DEVELOPING CLARITY OF INSIGHT “Structures of which we are unaware hold us prisoner. Once we see them and name them, they no longer have the same hold on us. ” Peter Senge The Fifth Discipline (1990) Developing clarity of insight -- into the self and the world -- gives us new independence and strength. . How do we gain this clarity? 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 18

2. Clear Intention FILTERS Seeing what is: q Develop the skill of seeing what is, not what you think about it. q Most often, our thoughts about something – our opinions -- are based on our conditioning, the filters through which we see the world. . . What conditions us? 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 19

2. Clear Intention MANY INFLUENCES AFFECT OUR THOUGHTS Our religion Our body Our thoughts Our family values Environment Society, culture Company culture Our education 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting . . . So what can we do? 20

2. Clear Intention KNOW YOURSELF BEFORE KNOWING YOUR INTENTION Who Am I? I stand inside my thoughts, emotions, suit— and wonder: “Who am I? ’ n n Strip away the layers. See who you really are. Recognize your “dramas” and move beyond them. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 21

2. Clear Intention NOT SUCH A TALL ORDER IF. . . . you learn to become more aware -- more quiet, alert, and vigilant at all times. q Watch your mind in action throughout the day. q Don’t let any thought pass by without your inspection. q At night, do an introspection exercise. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 22

2. Clear Intention TIPS q Entertain only those thoughts that match your intentions. q Don’t take the desires of the mind so seriously. q Make light of the desires that haunt you. Laugh them away! q Use symbols to influence your unconscious mind? Any ideas? 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 23

Think! “Is there a greater fool than the man who—having got the rare chance of a human birth— and then, too, the masculine [unswerving] qualities of the head and heart, falls short in his efforts to rediscover himself? ” Shankara, Vivekachudamani 5 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 24

3. Breaking Free CREATIVITY (Innovation) REQUIRES AN OPEN MIND A FEW WORDS ABOUT COMPUTERS: “I think there is a world market for about five computers. ” — Thomas J. Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943 “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. ” — Ken Olsen, President of DEC, 1977 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 25

3. Breaking Free UNDERSTANDING PARADIGMS* q What are paradigms? n n q *Based on the work of Joel Barker How are paradigms used? n n q Patterns of behavior Rules for keeping patterns in place We use paradigms first to establish boundaries We then use them to solve problems Paradigms can also constrict n n Paradigms can filter reality Paradigms can blind organizations and individuals to new solutions. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 26

3. Breaking Free PARADIGMS ARE FILTERS q Paradigms filter data that come into your mind. q Information is distorted to fit what you expect. q Information is distorted to fit what you want. q RESULT: You are blinded to: n n n 11/24/2020 New ideas New opportunities Creative solutions Amber Consulting 27

3. Breaking Free GOING BACK TO ZERO q When a paradigm shifts, you are back at ZERO. q Your current market share means nothing: n Swiss watch industry n In 1968: 65% of market share n In 1978: 10% of market share n Reason: The Swiss invented the quartz watch, but did not see its value because they were operating in the old paradigm. Seiko stole the idea — and the market. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 28

3. Breaking Free BE A CREATIVE GENIUS! EXERCISE n n n 11/24/2020 Pick FIVE words at random from the handout. Using the FIVE words, write a paragraph describing how you plan to become a more effective, more vigilant manager at work or at home. Let your imagination go! Fantasize! Amber Consulting 29

3. Breaking Free BE CREATIVE GENIUS! rabbit home six moon degenerate light reclusive genius tree boss television rock highway memories exam purple consult shocking computer despair game sublime moon soar Shiva puzzle you aim extraordinary simple schedule serve technical painting agreement root boring doll neverland simpleton tax automobile pundit secrecy child industry liberal strange superfluous habit pudding bright hunger mouse create audacious gentle pioneer climb sick firewall jewel anonymous dear vile police angels wing government infallible website winter tomorrow regime surveillance world controls tower rainbow push-up Prometheus society mastery online building system rumor desktop money love squirrel ocean divide vessel conquer proud award abandon bankruptcy pollution ambulance teacher exhibition promise rely 11/24/2020 non-profit flower temperament production poor pea jazz sing flight volcano fire video soul pizza-pie sleep-walking dependence hip-hop transcend star money forum roof mystery supernatural tempo farm whiz start farewell Ancient Greeks Mt. Everest gun insecurities shadow sunlight Saturn blog dog unthinkable drive child grow up collide reverence bound focus spirit Wikipedia Ferrari muscle whipped silence arrow voracious controversial cosmos toolbox song ambition random divulge replica surrender Olympics heaven Amber Consulting whale may calm wisdom harmony pure Darwin red 30

3. Breaking Free OPENING UP YOUR CREATIVE GATES q q Daydream. Dream! Play a musical instrument. Be light-hearted. Play! Laugh! Do anything to help you temporarily forget what you know. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 31

3. Breaking Free MACRO PARADIGM SHIFTS n Paradigms exist on the macro level also n n n Giordano Bruno (16 th century): “The Earth is not the center of the universe. ” He was burned at the stake. What paradigms are shifting today? n n n Example: In medicine, we are seeing that fixing the outer manifestation is not enough. We need to look at the underlying causes of disease, so it doesn’t return. What other paradigms are shifting today? How are paradigm shifts politicized? 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 32

4. Using Everything to Wake Up NEGATIVE HAPPENINGS -- THE BEST! Use failure and distress. q Use insults. q Use everything. q Swami Chinmayananda: “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. ” EXERCISE: Be transparent! 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 33

Summing up GUIDING PRINCIPLES When you base your actions on these principles – awareness, clear intention, breaking free, using everything – and develop skills to support them, you: q Become more efficient and proficient in your activity. q Reduce your stress level. q Work with increased harmony with others and your environment. q Have more fun, because you don’t take yourself or this game of life so seriously. 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 34

Summing up GUIDING PRINCIPLES è è As you work with new, conscious awareness, you begin to look not only at your financial balance sheet, but also at your social balance sheet. You ask yourself: q Am I supporting a healthy ecological environment with my business or professional or home management practices? q Are my business or professional or home management activities supporting the society within which they take place? q Am I remembering that what happens inside is reflected outside? 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 35

Summing Up GUIDING PRINCIPLES Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, the way great spiritual giants are produced. – Swami Vivekananda Live in the vital present, leading and guiding its flow into the future glow. – Swami Chinmayananda A narrow vision is divisive, a broad vision is expansive. But a divine vision is all-inclusive. – Swami Tejomayananda 11/24/2020 Amber Consulting 36