Tao is The Way, Not ‘Your Way’ There are many things that you can learn in Tao Te Ching, and these are three of them. First, staying detached. The first thing that you’d have to learn is to see yourself as part of the universe that you are in. You may wonder why I’m saying…
What if your boss is the smartest … Very often, a boss remains small because he is too smart to be great. He cannot afford to see someone smarter than him in his team. “How can I be the boss if I’m not the smartest?” As a result, his men either do not want to outshine him or because of…
What are the Three Treasures of Lao Tzu? In Verse 67 of Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu succinctly put together the three things that he truly treasured in life. Discrepancies in translation, however, have made people confused as to what these three treasures really are. One way to avoid confusion is to check the translations against…
In Tao Te Ching SUCCESS is a state of being We often associate success with materialistic possessions. Big money, huge houses, flashy cars; the list goes on. This seems to be in stark contrast with what Lao Tzu teaches. He stresses moderation, conservation and contentment in Tao Te Ching. Does it mean that Lao Tzu…
A simple way to tell whether you are the true boss is to ask yourself, “Do I have to tell my people that I’m the boss?” It is not difficult to be a boss in title. So long as you’re willing to pay for people to work for you, or be bestowed a position of…
A useful Taoist analytical tool – The Three Endowments We often say that Tao teaches us to flow with nature. If we can do as Tao says, then we will be able to perform whatever things effortlessly — a state of non-doing or wuwei. Theoretically, this is easy to understand and agree to. The challenge…
Do not stem the ripples of genuine ideas There are many reasons why good leaders listen and these are some of them. First of all, a leader who is too eager to talk not only blocks his ears, but also the flow of genuine ideas and the natural shaping of conversation. People, including those holding…
Knowing when to interfere and when to stay in the background is an art Good leader who wants to bring the best to his people may bring them harms instead – despite with good intention. As a matter of fact, one of the biggest reasons for a leader to fail is, ironically, to be overly…
See how you can be the ‘invisible’ leader who wields the real influence A good leader is indeed ‘nowhere to be found’. He’s invisible! Most leaders we know are visible. Among them are laudable leader who is adored and respected by his people, and chieftain who asserts his authority by making people aware that he is…
What does ‘leading by following’ mean? We talk about ‘servant leadership’ in the modern days, but Lao Tzu had talked about the leadership style 2,500 years ago. In chapter 66, Lao Tzu illustrates the power leadership by using the analogy of streams and seas. “All streams flow to the sea because it is lower…
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