My friends need a really smart and compassionate engineer

I do not usually post job ads on behalf of my friends, but I will make this one exception for Dave and Greg.  The main reason is they are trying to create a compassionate company. Dave and Greg, each a highly intelligent man with a life-time track record of success,...

International Golden Rule Day

I am deeply honored that TED chose to post my talk on ted.com on April 5th, International Golden Rule Day. http://on.ted.com/Meng    

My talk at Wisdom 2.0 Conference 2011

I gave a short speech titled “Wisdom for Love and Profit” at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference in February 2011. Wisdom for Love and Profit by Meng Tan from Wisdom 2.0 Conferenceon Vimeo. Before that, I also spoke as part of a panel at the same event with a few of...

Wanted: A literary agent who probably does not exist

Now that I’m done drafting my book and Colin is almost done with the cartoons, it’s about time we seek a literary agent.  I’ve been debating with myself whether I want to hire one (the best thing about debating with myself is: I always win).  My...

Mingyur Rinpoche at Google

My friend and teacher, a wonderful man in every way, the Very Venerable Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche delivered an Authors@Google talk and guided a meditation session after that.  Here are the videos. Authors@Google talk (YouTube link) Meditation with Mingyur Rinpoche...