Radical Generosity

Radical Generosity

The board of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI, pronounced “silly”) met this week and unanimously decided to adopt “Radical Generosity” as SIYLI’s Prime Directive.  It will guide our every action and decision. ...
Meng on CNBC

Meng on CNBC

On Friday, 20 September 2013, I was invited to appear on CNBC’sPower Lunch on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (you can watch it at: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101051478). Near the end of the program, I guided almost 10 seconds of silent meditation.  Put...
CNBC: Ommmm! How Silicon Valley values meditation

CNBC: Ommmm! How Silicon Valley values meditation

Google is going Zen.  Silicon Valley is well known for its lucrative employee perks, but now companies are offering meditation and mindfulness courses to employees and there’s a long waiting list to attend. Google’s “Search Inside Yourself”...

One Billion Acts of Peace

In May 2013, Dawn, Ivan, Jessica and myself spoke at the United Nations to initiate a campaign to inspire one billion acts of peace in the world supported by 13 Nobel Peace Laureates.  Here is the video of our speech.  We also wrote about our experience in the...

Peace in every mind, joy in every heart, compassion in every act

All my friends know that my career goal is to create the conditions for world peace in my lifetime.  But every now and then, somebody asks me, “How will you know when you’re successful?” For a long time, I didn’t have an answer.  Well, I do...