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Podcast: “The Mindful Leader” with Michael Carroll Part 1

posted by Patrick Groneman | 2:20pm Thursday August 13, 2009

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“Confidence and vulnerability are the exact same thing” – Michael Carroll

This week on the ID Project Podcast we have Part 1 of a very lively Guest Lecture by Michael Carroll.   Michael is author of Awake at Work and The Mindful Leader and speaks at length in this talk about and bringing mindfulness to the workplace.  He mentions that in a Buddhist approach to livelihood Sanity, Dignity, Health and Well Being are Fundamental issues for success.

Part One Contains the Lecture, Part Two (due out next week) contains meditation instruction as well as an intimate question and answer session.

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This guest lecture is underwritten by the Trust for the Meditation Process, a charitable foundation supporting contemplative practice among Christians and encouraging dialogue among all contemplative traditions.

Intro music courtesy of Kodomo and Five Points Records.

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posted August 14, 2009 at 10:00 pm


Mindfulness only mean you care for what you do,what you can share and
without expecting any reward.We are mindful because our hearts are full of love.



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Evelyn

posted August 18, 2009 at 11:42 am


This was the second podcast in which something the teacher said actually made me turn off the podcast.
“For God’s sake: can you just walk one block without entertaining yourself? Can you just be here? Without some distraction…”
uh oh…



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Patrick Groneman

posted August 18, 2009 at 3:21 pm


Evelyn,
I’m curious what about the statement compelled you to shut off the podcast?



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Evelyn

posted August 18, 2009 at 5:17 pm


oh.. heh.. don’t misunderstand me. I loved the podcast. I was listening to it while I was supposed to be doing something else and was using it as a sort of “distraction” from a task that I found uninteresting. When I heard that line I though, “uh oh.. I’m doing exactly that right now, I should turn this off and concentrate on the task at hand.”
I later went back and listened to the entire thing when I could give it my full attention.
He a made a wonderful point, we are definitely in a culture of “distraction”



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Patrick Groneman

posted August 19, 2009 at 4:07 pm


Yeah it was a great point he made (originally from a Trunpa Rinpoche story I believe). I’m encouraged to hear it generated a similar enthusiasm for you as it did for me “Shut off the distractions now!”. The Q and A in part 2 is really great too, he’s such an animated teacher.



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