| Description |
xii, 337 pages ; 19 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Path Begins: Inviting the Soul to Work -- 2. Beowulf: Power and Vulnerability in the Workplace --3. Fire in the Earth: Toward a Grounded Creativity --4. Fire in the Voice: Speaking Out at Work -- 5. Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge: Innocence and Experience in Corporate America -- 6. Taking the Homeward Road: The Soul at Midlife -- 7. Coleridge and Complexity: Facing What Is Sweet and What Is Terrible -- 8. The Soul of the World: Toward an Ecological Imagination |
| Summary |
InThe Heart Aroused, David Whyte brings his unique perspective as poet and consultant to the workplace, showing readers how fulfilling work can be when they face their fears and follow their dreams. Going beneath the surface concerns about products and profits, organization and order, Whyte addresses the needs of the heart and soul, and the fears and desires that many workers keep hidden. Through the poetry of both classic and modern masters, Whyte helps readers find both professional and personal fulfillment. In Beowulf, Whyte uncovers the key to confronting office conflicts. Like the poem's courageous hero, readers will travel to the belly of the beast of a problem and emerge triumphantly with a solution. The poems of Pablo Neruda help on find inner silence even in the busiest, most confining office space. With T.S. Eliot as a guide, Whyte teaches readers to appreciate the need to open themselves up to possible failure--and as a result, probable success. At a time when corporations are calling on employees for more creativity, dedication, and adaptability, and workers are trying desperately to balance home and work, this revised edition of The Heart Aroused is the essential guide to reinvigorating the soul |
| Notes |
"A Currency paperback" |
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Originally published in 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-321) and index |
| Subject |
Conduct of life.
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Quality of work life.
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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Poetry -- Workplace environment
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Success.
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Achievement.
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Personal Satisfaction.
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Quality of Life.
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Workplace.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
0385484186 |
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