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@ Nitesh — yes, I think we rarely see how looking inside ourselves can help us in our work, and I wanted to bring that to light with this book.

@ Evelyn — I’m glad you liked the different perspective, and I get how your work is also about the link between spiritual practices and practical issues in our lives.

@ Peggy — I’m glad to be introduced to you too. I think that’s a great bullet-point summary of the three elements of inner productivity.

@ Positively Present — thanks for the appreciation and I look forward to hearing what you think.

@ Tess — a million Chris’s! That sounds mildly scary to me but hey, if the people want it!

@ Patricia — I know what you mean about so many good projects being out there — sounds like a high-quality problem!

@ Stacey — yes, although there are a lot of useful productivity tricks out there, I think the inner self, like you said, has a role to play in that picture.

@ Wilma — thanks, I think that’s a great observation — that as adults we often aren’t as curious about our experience as we were as kids, and we get into the habit of judging or running away from it. So I think we could say that Inner Productivity is about reclaiming some of that curiosity.

@ Mary Beth — yes, that’s a good point, that Foundation is about letting go of all the ways we keep judging ourselves and our work as not enough. We tend to assume that anxiety or a sense of lack are necessary to do a good job, but in fact I think they just have us second-guess ourselves and put off our work.

@ Megan — from what you said about having measurable criteria for success it sounds like you’ve read Flow (by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) — his work was a big inspiration for the exercises in Inner Productivity, which I think of as a practical guide to entering that state in our work.

@ Evita — thanks, I’ve definitely felt inspired by your story of personal change as well.

This was fantastic! I was excited when Chris shared that he had a new book coming out and here it is!

I have been greatly inspired by Chris and the choices he has made in his life when it comes to career, and the whole professional life vs personal. I really resonate with his work too.

I have no doubt that this book is going to be so valuable and such a great read. I love how you summarized and brought attention to the three parts!

And you are right Tess, we don’t have to wait to a new year to make changes, each day is as good as any other to start!
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Megan,
I wish I could have been as grounded in self-love the two years I was employed by someone else. Of course that is exactly where I began to learn it on a deeper level. Those were my first experiences of irresponsible and unhappy people putting their stuff on me. I was shocked, startled but had two wonderful friends who showed me the way and said, “It’s not about you!”
Amen!

I also like how Chris framed up the importance of self-love in the workplace. I can recall being yelled at once and only once by the owner of our company who just lost his sh*t and aimed it at me. Even though I was startled and deeply shaken by the experience, I never took it personally. I knew his anger had nothing to do with me. If I hadn’t been so far along the path of self-love and acceptance at that point, I may have broken down afterward and quit!

Great sounding book, and I wish Chris all the success in the world. Way to go!
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