The Practice of Self-Management: A Handbook for Walking the Path from Reactivity to Presence and Connection

by Christopher Forman, Bryan Ungard

Overview

The more centered, present, and authentic you are as an individual, the more effective you will be in your work and in your life. This has been the premise of more than fifteen years of developmental work taught at the Decurion Corporation and resulting in The Practice of Self-Management: A Handbook for Walking the Path from Reactivity to Presence and Connection. Time-tested lessons, meditations, and daily-life practices will help you to expand your awareness, deepen your understanding, and transform your connection with those around you. The practices found in this handbook do more than enhance business effectiveness. Becoming more present, reducing reactivity, and dissolving barriers between yourself and others will transform your life as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781950466054
Publisher:	CC Press
Publication date:	10/02/2019
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

Christopher Forman is CEO of the Decurion Corporation and chairman of its subsidiaries ArcLight Cinemas, Pacific Theatres, and Robertson Properties Group. He is cofounder of Citizens of the World Charter Schools and the Center for Humanity. He received degrees in history, philosophy, and business from Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford. He has practiced Iyengar yoga and various forms of Eastern and Western meditation for more than twenty years.

Bryan Ungard is chief purpose officer of Decurion Management Company. He is accountable for the ways in which Decurion operates its businesses so there is no trade-off between excellent business and human flourishing. Bryan joined Decurion as its chief information officer. He received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Hiram College and his masters of business administration from the University of Michigan. Bryan holds a 2nd-Dan black belt in aikido.

Table of Contents

v Foreword

vii Preface

1 Invitation

Part 1: Awareness

Part 1, Unit 1 I Begin to Practice 11

Part 1, Unit 2 I Think 19

Part 1, Unit 3 I Feel 27

Part 1, Unit 4 I Notice 37

Part 2: Understanding

Part 2, Unit 1 I Observe the Cycle of Reactivity in My Life 47

Part 2, Unit 2 I Examine My Assumptions 53

Part 2, Unit 3 I Accept What Is 57

Part 2, Unit 4 I Am in Control of My Response 65

Part 3: Transformation

Part 3, Unit 1 I Experience Life Fully 73

Part 3, Unit 2 I Extend Kindness 81

Part 3, Unit 3 I Extend Compassion 91

Part 3, Unit 4 I Respond 101

113 Conclusion

115 Bibliography

117 Further Reading

Editorial Reviews

I’ve read many books about being “fully present” as a path to self-understanding, personal well-being, and effectiveness. This is one of the best, and, in one vital respect, it stands almost alone: the practices it advocates have been tested and proved in the fast-paced, high-pressure corporate world where they’ve helped people forge more open, honest, and generative relationships with coworkers, customers, strangers, and, most important, themselves. Anything we can do to develop “true self” also enhances the well-being of those with whom we live and work. This wonderfully well-written and practical handbook offers wise counsel on what true self-development looks like in thought and action.

Parker J. Palmer, author of On the Brink of Everything, Let Your Life Speak, A Hidden Wholeness, and The Courage to Teach

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