CONCLUSIONReal Business Freedom

Beyond the unmanifest is Being:All-pervading Person, free of attributes,The one who knows this PersonAttains freedom and life eternal.KAHA UPANISHAD

In the previous chapters, I talked of Being-centered leadership mainly in the context of the journey of the lower bird toward the higher bird that is Being. The four stages of Being-centered leadership describe the lower bird’s journey to be near to and realize the higher bird in the tree of business life. This is a journey that could take a lifetime to pursue because of the great challenge of transcending the hold of the lower, material self in us, but the rewards along the journey make it worthwhile. Not the least of these rewards is a business that recognizes a ...

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