Only a poet could produce such a provocative analysis of today's widespread disenchantment with business -- or such a daring prescription for using the classics of poetry to revitalize the soul of corporate America.

The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America

Business & Money

Whyte, David

Business Culture

Doubleday Business

In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in a dark wood where the true way was wholly lost -DANTELike Dante, many of today's corporate workers find themselves lost in the day-to-day duties of their jobs. Our lives seem shaken by the events of September 11 and the seemingly endless examples of corporate scandal, it's become more difficult than ever to find meaning in the workplace.Has your work lost its meaning? Are you afraid of pursuing your dreams for fear of failing or--worse--getting fired? Do you yearn to find creativity, and even joy, in your job? In The 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.

Crown Currency

The Corporate Criminal (Key Ideas in Criminology)

Drawing upon a wide range of sources of empirical evidence, historical analysis and theoretical argument, this book shows beyond any doubt that the private, profit-making, corporation is a habitual and routine offender. The book dissects the myth that the corporation can be a rational, responsible, 'citizen'. It shows how in its present form, the corporation is permitted, licensed and encouraged to systematically kill, maim and steal for profit. Corporations are constructed through law and politics in ways that impel them to cause harm to people and the environment. In other words, criminality is part of the DNA of the modern corporation. Therefore, the authors argue, the corporation cannot be easily reformed. The only feasible solution to this 'crime' problem is to abolish the legal and political privileges that enable the corporation to act with impunity.

The Corporate Criminal: Why Corporations Must Be Abolished (Key Ideas in Criminology)

Tombs, Steve

Routledge

When The Heart Aroused appeared in hardcover in November 1994, it left readers clamoring for author David Whyte as he crisscrossed the country on the lecture circuit with bestselling authors Clarissa Pinkola Estes (Women Who Run with the Wolves) and Thomas Moore (Care of the Soul). Now available in Currency paperback, The Heart Aroused is poised to reach a new wave of readers. In this peerless book, Whyte shows how the language of prophecy, poetry, and enlightenment give voice to the most creative--yet hidden--desires. He shows that the best way to respond to the current call for creativity in organizational life is to overcome habitual fear and reticence and bring full, passionate, creative human souls, with all their urgencies and unnamed longings, right inside the office. When Whyte, who often consults for corporate clients, walks into an organization, it is not just to advise, strategize, and make recommendations. Instead, he clarifies personal--not organizational--difficulties at work by placing them in the age-old context of poetry and story. To follow Whyte through his brilliant, soulful discussions is to raft the turbulent stream of conflicting currents that make up people's lives inside American organizations.Only a poet could produce such a provocative analysis of today's widespread disenchantment with business--or such a daring prescription for using the classics of poetry to revitalize the soul of corporate America.

Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America

Random House Audio |

Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity

Job Hunting & Careers

Riverhead Books

In Consolations, David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid – loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear – boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for meaning. Beginning with 'alone' and closing with 'withdrawal', each piece in this life-affirming book is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling overwhelmed and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding, an act of freedom; and shyness something that accompanies the first stage of revelation.

Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Bolinda/Canongate audio

Quest 3 features Sarah Ban Breathnach, Thomas Moore, Caroline Myss, Stephan Rechstchaffen, Bernie Siegel, David Whyte and Marianne Williamson. Together, these bestselling authors explore the sacred truths that help listeners understand the steps necessary for an empowered spirit.

Quest: Energy, Power and Spirit (Simon & Schuster AUDIO)

Self-Help

MYSS, CAROLINE

WILLIAMSON, Marianne

Moore, Thomas J.

Motivational

Simon & Schuster Audio

Crossing the Unknown Sea: Working as a Pilgrimage of Identity [hardcover] Whyte, David [Jan 01, 2001]

Crossing the Unknown Sea: Working as a Pilgrimage of Identity

Religion & Spirituality

This bestselling author of The Heart Aroused and internationally renowned Fortune 500 consultant explores work as an opportunity for discovering, shaping, and nurturing our deepest selves.When our work is right for us and it gives back to the world, when we develop, as the poet William Blake said, "a firm persuasion," we feel we can move mountains. Maybe we've felt this way only for a moment, maybe some feel this way all the time, or maybe some have never felt this way. But a sense of fulfillment is possible for all of us, and David Whyte can show us how to restore it to our lives. Whyte applies the stages of a holy pilgrimage to the process of seeking identity through the unknown sea of work. These are: • Longing for refuge • Finding the strength to begin the journey • Desiring growth • Overcoming obstacles • Avoiding distractions • Connecting-meeting and traveling with others with a common purpose • Helping others-a desire to bring hope and help to those left behindWe may think of family, relationships, friends, religion, or spiritual practice as the domains in which the soul is refined, in which our   identities are nurtured and shaped. But we overlook the area in which we spend the majority of our time: work. As Whyte indicates, what holds us back at work is what will hold us back the longest in our life's development. Crossing the Unknown Sea illustrates how to embrace the opportunity that work provides for us to begin to inhabit fully our individuality and maximize our creativity.

Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work As a Pilgrimage of Identity

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Diane Pub Co.

This is David Whyte's first book of poetry. Now in its fourth printing.

Songs for Coming Home

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Many Rivers Pr

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