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…
The answer is clear: Tao Te Ching a book on leadership. In fact, I’d venture to say that it’s an authority on leadership. Although written more than 2000 years ago, its advice on how one can be a good leader is so vivid and relevant. The leadership style it advocates is one that is based on…
How to derive more from the reading of Tao Te Ching? One good way to do it is by answering question. Tao Te Ching is no doubt a rare gem of wisdom. “Perhaps we shall burn every book but one behind us, and find a summary of wisdom in the Tao-Te-Ching,” says Will Durant. It’s…
Originally a Chinese philosophy, Taoism is gaining popular in the West and the rest of the world, and has been widely embraced as a way of life. Tao Te Ching, the best-known Taoist classic, has become the most translated text, second only to the Bible. Is Taoism a religion? The answer is yes and no….
Although Tao cannot be described, a definition however vague is going to be helpful if you want to engage Tao as a way of life. Tao is pronounced as ‘dao’, and written in Chinese as 道, and means literally “the path” or “the way.” It is what Taoism is all about, but the concept is…