What Really Matters Searching for Wisdom in America
by SCHWARTZ, TONYEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 1996-03-01
Publisher(s): Bantam
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Summary
At the height of his career as a journalist, Tony Schwartz hit an unexpected wall. Why did success suddenly feel so empty? How could he add richer meaning to his everyday life? What guides could he trust on the road to wisdom? During the next five years his search for answers took him from a meditation retreat in the mountains of Utah to a biofeedback laboratory in Kansas, from a peak-performance workshop at a tennis academy in Florida to a right-brain drawing course in Boston. Blending the hunger of a seeker with a journalist's hard-headed inquiry, he discovered the best teachers and techniques for inner development--and identified the potential pitfalls and false gurus he met along the way. What he found dramatically changed his life. It may change yours as well.
Author Biography
Tony Schwartz is the president and CEO of The Energy Project, which helps individuals and organizations perform at their best. Tony's book The Power of Full Engagement, co-authored with Jim Loehr, was a Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller and has been translated into twenty-eight languages. His article "Manage Energy, Not Time: The Science of Stamina," co-authored with Catherine McCarthy, was published in the Harvard Business Review. Tony also co-authored the #1 worldwide bestseller The Art of the Deal with Donald J. Trump.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: A Longing in the Heart | p. 1 |
| Ground: The Pioneers | |
| Redefining Reality: Ram Dass, Psychedelics, and the Journey to the East | p. 19 |
| Nurturing the Human Potential: Michael Murphy and the Founding of Esalen | p. 73 |
| The Yoga of the West: Elmer Green, Biofeedback, and Self-control | p. 117 |
| Path: Mind-Body Potentials | |
| Seeing the Big Picture: Betty Edwards and the Right Side of the Brain | p. 159 |
| Connecting the Mind and Body: Can We Make Ourselves Sick - and Well? | p. 193 |
| The Ideal Performance State: Flow, Learned Optimism, and the Toughness Model | p. 235 |
| Waking Up: Montague Ullman, Jeremy Taylor, and the Wisdom of Dreams | p. 269 |
| Fruition: The Integrators | |
| Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: Where Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein Parted Ways | p. 305 |
| Putting Consciousness on the Map: How Ken Wilber Married Freud and the Buddha | p. 339 |
| Personality and Essence: Helen Palmer, the Enneagram, and Hameed Ali | p. 375 |
| Conclusion: The Point Is to Be Real | p. 421 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 433 |
| Bibliography | p. 439 |
| Notes | p. 448 |
| Index | p. 463 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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