Boldt, Laurence G.

Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design (Arkana)

The bad old days of multiple-choice-test career counseling are over. It takes more than a #2 pencil and a computer to find your life's work, as career consultant Laurence G. Boldt tells us in Zen and the Art of Making a Living, a hefty but lighthearted tome that will help you find yourself and your place in the world. Boldt is quite up-front about it, though: it's a long, hard journey to get there. But his uplifting prose and liberal doses of inspirational quotes from wise men and women provide support for the weary traveler. Indeed, in between learning how to find the kind of work that strikes the right chord for you, figuring out what skills and talents you'll need to succeed at it, and righteously persisting until you get your reward, you may find lapses and stumbling blocks you hadn't expected--but Boldt has seen them all and finds the right words at the right time to keep you moving. Like a traditional career book, Zen and the Art of Making a Living includes résumé advice and worksheets for narrowing down and sticking with your goals; however, it takes off from there to guide the reader on a quest for spiritual fulfillment through work, something you won't find elsewhere. This updated edition contains plenty of Internet-related information and other resources unavailable in 1990 and is invaluable for anyone concerned about his or her future in the world of work. --Rob Lightner

Completely revised and updated--the most innovative, unconventional, and profoundly practical career guide since What Color Is Your Parachute?

First published in 1991, Zen and the Art of Making a Living is the life-changing book that helped revolutionize the career planning field by offering a new vision of work. This new edition has been updated throughout with up-to-the-minute contact information and hundreds of new biographical resources. In addition to traditional material on assessing career skills and conducting a job search, Laurence Boldt provides innovative ideas and strategies, with more than 120 worksheets and more than five hundred inspirational quotations from sages of every stripe. A book that goes far beyond other career guides, Zen and the Art of Making a Living brings creativity, dignity, and meaning to every aspect of the work experience.

--Internet job resources added throughout

--New sections on the opportunities in today's rapidly changing workplace, participating in the field of home-based business, and developing an effective support group to find fulfilling work.

"This is simply the best book in its field that I have ever seen." -Jim Fritz, Vice-President of Program Development, Access Influential, Inc.

How to Find the Work You Love

Technological advances and the global marketplace are changing the way we live and work. Doing the work you love is the critical factor to personal fulfillment and economic success. No one understands this more than Laurence G. Boldt, whose Zen and the Art of Making a Living helped many carve out new and rewarding career paths. But how do you find the courage to start the search for a new career? And how do you tap into your own best resources to discover what you want to do and what youÂ’re good at? This remarkable guide offers simple yet profound strategies to help you answer those questions by focusing on four key elements to be sought in any lifeÂ’s work: Integrity, Service, Enjoyment, and Excellence. Boldt has reduced the quest for meaningful work to its essence and will lead you to an understanding of what you could and should be doing with your life.

The Tao of Abundance: Eight Ancient Principles for Living Abundantly in the 21st Century (Arkana)

Not since Alan Watts has there been a lay expert with the erudition and insight to so expertly pack a difficult package of unfamiliar notions into a book of immediate relevance. What is consumerism to me? and sex? and money? How do they relate to my goals and aspirations? Laurence Boldt, a career counselor and author of the bestselling Zen and the Art of Making a Living, presents a sophisticated alternative to life as we know it. Fully equipped with opinion polls, sociological studies, intellectual histories, and classic economics texts, Boldt dismantles the foundations of our consumer society brick by brick and, more importantly, our unquestioning acceptance of it. The alternative is a path of awareness, of flowing, and of sufficiency that together result in the joyful abundance of a productive, natural life. The shift in world view that Boldt seeks to effect in the reader has such profound practical implications that this book could very well change your life--which is exactly the author's intention. Boldt can be excused for slipping into fuzzy notions like the so-called perennial philosophy, for his recasting of modern life in Taoist terms of ready abundance is so convincing that it makes you wonder how we got stuck in our lifestyles of lack in the first place. --Brian Bruya

How much is enough? The bestselling author of Zen and the Art of Making a Living shows how to achieve material abundance without becoming spiritually bankrupt

Through his intelligent, appealing integration of Eastern philosophy and practical advice, Laurence G. Boldt has helped thousands of readers find personal satisfaction in their work and personal lives. Now he applies these principles to the subject of abundance: How do we achieve material wealth without sacrificing our souls?

In The Tao of Abundance, Boldt applies ancient wisdom to modern times, presenting eight guiding principles from Taoist philosophy geared to help readers make practical life changes that will bring them a truer and deeper sense of abundance. Boldt encourages readers to strike a balance between material and spiritual wealth--not to favor one over the other--and argues that increased material wealth comes as a natural byproduct of psychological fulfillment. With exercises designed to help readers find their own balance between societal demands and their own deepest desires, this helpful, inspiring book offers the chance to experience a new feeling of abundance in all aspects of life.

How to Be, Do, or Have Anything: A Practical Guide to Creative Empowerment

Ever wonder why some people are able to live their dreams, while others feel trapped , forced to live a life they haven't chosen? Is it pure luck, the hand of fate, or super-charged genes that gives some people the upper hand in the game of life? Or could it be that anyone can learn to unleash their creative power and build a life of meaning and joy? Author Laurence G. Boldt reveals the secrets of the creative process in a simple series of steps that even the most rigid thinkers can absorb and apply. You'll learn how to develop your powers of concentration, overcome indecision and fear, stop procrastination, master discipline, and sustain lasting motivation. Whatever your goal, be it making more money, fulfilling your career aspirations, improving your relationships, or achieving a balanced lifestyle, HOW TO BE, DO, OR HAVE ANYTHING will build your self-confidence and send you down the road to success and a sense of self-fulfillment.

Zen Soup (Arkana)

More than 250,000 copies of Boldt's book in print. If, as the I Ching says, thoughts are spirits, then this collection of highly distilled thoughts from history's greatest philosophers and religious figures will certainly put you in good spirits. Laurence Boldt has long made a practice of applying Zen principles to everyday life. Here he applies wisdom from all corners of the world to twenty-five aspects, or qualities, associated with the Zen tradition. The result is a soup of the most hearty and wholesome kind, well-seasoned with age, and filled with delicious surprises: Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, thence lies your vocation.

--Aristotle A man with outward courage dares to die: A man with inward courage dares to live.

--Lao Tzu You'll also find Flip Wilson on living in the moment; Will Rogers on the beginner's mind; Helen Keller on courage; Checkov on self-confidence; and Colette on joy. Each chapter includes an entertaining and informative essay that explains the principle and its application to Zen wisdom. The rest is up to you. Read it in one gulp or savor each morsel. Either way, Zen Soup is sure to whet your spiritual appetite as it nourishes your soul.

The Tao of Abundance: Eight Ancient Principles for Abundant Living

Advocating new definitions of success, the author draws on Eastern philosophy to create a program for achieving true wealth. Rich with practical ways to develop trust, sharpen awareness, and tap into sources of satisfaction, The Tao of Abundance shows how fulfillment within leads to prosperity outside.

Zen and the Art of Making a Living, A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design

Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design

HOW TO BE, DO, OR HAVE ANYTHING

Zen Soup: Tasty Morsels of Wisdom from Great Minds East & West