Living a Conscious Life: How to Find Peace, Wholeness, and Freedom in a Chaotic World offers profound, prescriptive advice with a practical footing across a wide expanse of human experience. Grounded yet uplifting, factual yet inspiring, it can be considered a "user's manual for human beings" in its broad reach of topics, its depth of meaningful insights, and the transformation it brings to its readers. Johnson has brought a deep reverence to the diverse textures of his life experience in order to master the art of being human through awareness. Over the years, he has collected numerous incisive tools of consciousness to help bring success to every area of life. Not shying from difficult topics, in Living a Conscious Life, he delivers a thoughtful, one-of-a-kind guide to achieving perhaps the most-valuable goal in life: peace within oneself and success in the world. The book weaves together wisdom, humor, simple exercises and daily practices, and provocative questions to provide a read that is accessible, entertaining, easy to identify with, and profoundly effective.
Living a Conscious Life
How to Find Peace, Wholeness, and Freedom in a Chaotic World
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- ISBN: 9781590795637
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- ISBN: 9781590795637
- File size: 1469 KB
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- English
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March 18, 2024
Leadership consultant Johnson debuts with a solid if somewhat scattered collection of life advice. Drawing from the 10 years he spent in an ashram, his professional career, and his personal relationships, Johnson offers lessons for inner growth that include dismantling limiting beliefs, practicing gratitude, and reframing challenges as sources of inspiration. Other sections tackle workplace upheavals (readers who feel they’ve “lost identity” after being laid off should develop new skills and focus on the “process, not the outcome” of their next job search) and interpersonal dynamics (when dealing with “difficult people,” keep in mind that “life is not about being right”). An extended section on meditation puts things in perspective: “True joy is not derived from people, places, or things.... It comes from the soul.” While the book’s patchwork structure means that the general principles (practice gratitude, be honest with oneself) tend to repeat, Johnson’s advice is effectively anchored by candid, vulnerable recollections of his failed relationships and marriages, the ups and downs of corporate America, and his winding spiritual journey, which included joining a cult after he graduated from college. Best dipped into and out of, it’s a motley array of wisdom from a colorful life. -
July 12, 2024
Johnson, a transformational coach and leadership consultant, started working on this book during a time of significant global uncertainty, at the start of the COVID pandemic. He often uses anecdotes from his own life to offer advice and techniques for leading a rewarding life while coping with global societal challenges. He also cites from scholars such as Chris Argyris, Joseph Campbell, Stephen Covey, Carl Jung, and Eckhart Tolle to support his views. The book's 51 essays discuss a variety of topics, including dealing with difficult people, being good to oneself, becoming a better listener, improving relationships, using meditation to find peace, and navigating the thorny corporate world. Throughout this book, Johnson stresses the importance of making the most out of life through such actions as curbing self-doubt, nurturing one's inner self, focusing on what one can control, acting with kindness, being tolerant of divergent opinions, not rashly jumping to conclusions, and always being grateful. VERDICT There is no bibliography, nor is there a concluding chapter to reinforce the central message. However, Johnson's book offers excellent meditation tips and practical advice to help readers live more fulfilling lives, even in times of unrest.
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