Ep 1: Balancing ambition and contentment (Ft Tan Chade Meng)
- Author
- Handful Of Leaves
- Published
- Thu 03 Mar 2022
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/handful-of-leaves/episodes/Ep-1-Balancing-ambition-and-contentment-Ft-Tan-Chade-Meng-e1du14h
How do we know if we're contented or just complacent? How can we strive for success without the stress?
Tan Chade Meng, the author of the international best-selling book - search inside yourself, shares with us how.
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Resources and useful links:
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute
Colloquial terms (in Hokkien) mentioned in the Podcast:
Buay tahan: Cannot tolerate
Lao Kui: ashamed or embarrassed
Lugi: Lose out
More on Tan Chade Meng and his books:
Timestamps:
(03:49): Contentment and Ambition - are they are odds with each other?
(06:56): Desires help you in meditation. What?!
(10:31): The level 5 leaders have ambition and humility in the same person.
(13:12): How to be wholesomely ambitious while being hired.
(19:18): Are you complacent or contented?
(23:01): Too busy to meditate! How?
(30:24): Being too peaceful doesn't allow you to function in the fast-paced world?
(35:46): Why is meditation weird?
(39:51): Focus on career first, then get spiritual when retire?
(41:28): Reflect on your mortality daily.
(44:15): Short guided meditation by Tan Chade Meng
