With Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan, one of Google's earliest engineers and personal growth pioneer, offers a proven, science-backed method for enhancing mindfulness and emotional intelligence in life and work.
Meng's job is to teach Google's best and brightest how to apply mindfulness techniques in the office and beyond; now, readers everywhere can get insider access to one of the most sought after classes in the country, a practical course in health, happiness and creativity that is improving the livelihood and productivity of those responsible for one of the most successful businesses in the world.
With forewords by Daniel Goleman, author of the international bestseller Emotional Intelligence, and Jon Kabat-Zinn, renowned mindfulness expert and author of Coming To Our Senses, Meng's Search Inside Yourself is an invaluable guide to achieving your own best potential.
Based on the wildly popular Google course, this practical guide offers proven, step-by-step exercises to help you:
- Attention Training: Learn to train your attention to create a quality of mind that is calm and clear, forming the foundation for all higher cognitive and emotional abilities.
- Self-Knowledge & Self-Mastery: Use your newly trained attention to observe your thought and emotional processes with high-resolution clarity, turning compulsion into choice.
- Practical Mindfulness: Discover simple, accessible exercises, developed for and stress-tested by Google's best and brightest, to bring mindfulness into your work and life.
- Develop Self-Confidence: Go beyond theory with actionable techniques to build the deep self-knowledge that leads to sustainable, all-natural self-confidence.
About the Author :
Chade-Meng Tan is an award-winning engineer, international bestselling author, thought leader, and philanthropist. He is cochair of One Billion Acts of Peace (nominated seven times for the Nobel Peace Prize) and founding chair of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. As the former Jolly Good Fellow at Google, Meng led the creation of a groundbreaking mindfulness-based emotional intelligence course called Search Inside Yourself, which is also the title of his New York Times bestselling book. Meng delivered a TED talk on compassion at the United Nations and spoke at the White House about the development of kindness. His personal motto is, "Life is too important to be taken seriously."
Daniel Goleman, a former science journalist for the New York Times, is the author of thirteen books and lectures frequently to professional groups and business audiences and on college campuses. He cofounded the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning at the Yale University Child Studies Center (now at the University of Illinois, at Chicago).
Review :
"In a new book (packaged in Google-bright colours), Mr. Tan promises that this technique (learned from the meditation programme Search Inside Yourself (SIY)) will 'increase productivity, creativity and happiness'...The concept involves mastering one's feelings and developing greater compassion, empathy and emotional intelligence. Mr. Tan believes a world of SIY users will be a peaceful one, and he sees the book as a step towards achieving this." - The Economist
"Meng is like a wise and humorous monk who will continue to inspire you for years after you close the pages of his book. With the needs of today's world in mind, he offers practical and proven tools wrapped in the gift of timeless wisdom." - John Mackey, co-chief executive officer and co-founder of Whole Foods Market
"Google engineer, Chade-Meng Tan's book shows that to avoid certain kinds of results, you need to change the conditions that give rise to them. If you change the habitual patterns of your mind, you can change their resulting attitudes and emotions and find peace and inner happiness." - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"Old wisdom is presented here with a provocative and startling freshness. The way to enlightenment begins with waking up. Meng is doing this with passion, humor and generosity of mind. This is a book to read, share, laugh with and celebrate." - Father Laurence Freeman, OSB, director of the World Community for Christian Meditation
"I applaud Chade-Meng for daring to undertake the writing of a book on "Emotional Intelligence," within which lies the essence of knowing oneself. The practices he offers will help improve our lives and in the process lead to a world where greater peace and happiness is possible." - S.R. Nathan, Former President of Singapore
"When I visited Qom a couple of years ago, a Grand Ayatollah gave as his parting words to me: May you find what you seek. I have long thought about what the Grand Ayatollah said. Chade Meng's book has pointed me in the right direction." - Brigadier-General George Yeo, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore
"This work underscores the need for compassion, awareness and empathy in our society. It is no surprise that the best venture capitalists and entrepreneurs I know possess these attributes. This is one of the best works ever in personal development. Read this book, it will change your life." - Tan Yinglan, author of The Way Of The VC and Chinnovation
"This is a guidebook to help you Search Inside Yourself, as Meng's training program at Google was called, to find inside yourself the knowledge, skills, and motivation to apply to your own life as you search for meaning, peace, and love." - Larry Brilliant, President of the Skoll Global Threats Fund
"Our friend has made an awakening contribution to this Over-Information Age. I recommend it to those aspiring self-mastery, attention training, spiritual wisdom, and the path of the wakeful life through enlightened living. Seek, and ye shall find. This is one of the best places to start." - Lama Surya Das
"This book reveals a key part of the success of Google. Whether we are trying to create positive change in the corporate realm or our personal relationships, Meng teaches us external change can only happen if we individually spend time cultivating a better understanding our own inner world." - Tim Ryan, United States Congressman and author of A Mindful Nation
"Full of humor and humility, wisdom and mindfulness, Meng's book is a compelling read, but more importantly, a valuable manual for living a good life. Rarely have I read a book full of so much intelligence and emotion. I want to be Meng when I grow up!" - Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre Hotels and author of Emotional Equations
"Meng is like a wise and humorous monk who will continue to inspire you for years after you close the pages of his book. Written with the needs of today's world in mind, Search Inside Yourself offers practical and proven tools wrapped in the gift of timeless wisdom." - John Mackey, co-chief executive officer and co-founder of Whole Foods Market
"This is a book offering much good advice. I most appreciate Meng's insight that expressing compassion for others brings happiness to oneself as well." - Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States
"Chade-Meng Tan has a voice that modern people can readily listen to: consciousness informed with science. More than that, he has something to say of real importance for our time--that global peace depends on the personal experience that meditation leads to. Old wisdom is presented here with a provocative and startling freshness. The way to enlightenment begins with waking up. Meng is doing this with passion, humor and generosity of mind. This is a book to read, share, laugh with and celebrate." - Father Laurence Freeman, OSB, director of the World Community for Christian Meditation
"There is more to be discovered inside of ourselves than we will ever find by searching anywhere else, and the challenge is in learning how to look. In a simple and plain spoken way, Meng has crafted an elegant invitation we can all use to take that journey." - Scott Kriens, Chairman, Juniper Networks director, 1440 Foundation
"Combining timeless wisdom with modern science, Chade-Meng Tan has created an entertaining and practical guide to success and happiness." - Deepak Chopra
"This book reveals a key part of the secret behind the success of Google. It is a touchstone for those of us interested in revolutionizing the many outdated institutions and systems in our country. Whether we are trying to create positive change in education, healthcare, the corporate realm or in our personal relationships, Search Inside Yourself teaches us that external positive change can only happen if we each individually spend time each day cultivating a better understanding our own inner world." - Tim Ryan, United States Congressman and author of A Mindful Nation
"Full of humor and humility, wisdom and mindfulness, Chade-Meng Tan's book is a compelling read, but more importantly, it's a valuable operating manual for living a good life. Rarely have I read a book that's full of so much intelligence and emotion. I want to be Meng when I grow up!" - Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre Hotels and author of Emotional Equations
"Search Inside Yourself is a practical guide to the fundamentals of emotional intelligence. This book has the potential to change lives and deliver happiness." - Tony Hsieh, New York Times bestselling author of Delivering Happiness and CEO of Zappos.com, Inc.
"Think of S.I.Y. as the Zen of Google." - ContemplativeComputing.com
"Based on curriculum from his popular class which has been offered to Google engineers for the past five years, Chade-Meng Tan wrote a funny and practical book. What I find particularly compelling about Chade-Meng's book is that he applies these ancient principles in the 21st century workplace. He believes that we can all achieve inner peace (and ultimately world peace) as well as become more productive in the workplace setting." - Seattle Post Intelligencer Workplace Wrangler
"This book and the course it's based on represent one of the greatest aspects of Google's culture--that one individual with a great idea can really change the world." - Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google
