Coaching practices for The Perennial Philosophy in a New Job
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’m realizing how much of what I believe about myself and the world I just absorbed from somewhere and never actually checked against my own experience
- I walk into the same meetings and conversations already certain how they’ll go, running on a script I wrote long ago
- I grip so hard on how things turn out that the wanting-it-to-work strangles the work itself
- On paper I know exactly the kind of person I want to be and what I believe, but when I watch how I actually behaved this week there’s an embarrassing gap between the two, and the knowing clearly hasn’t closed it.
- I’ve got a new hire starting and the lazy move is to just hand them whatever’s piled up in the backlog
Practices that may help
- The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical
The perennial philosophy, synthesized by Aldous Huxley from mystic and contemplative traditions across cultures, identifies a common inner core: a divine or ultimate ground underlying all existence, knowable through direct experience; an inner nature in humans capable of that knowing; and an ethics of love and compassion as the natural expression of that realization. It is not a scientific theory but a philosophical synthesis — its practices draw on contemplative traditions whose psychological effects have increasing observational and some experimental support. - Prioritize direct experience over inherited belief
Test philosophical claims through personal practice rather than accepting them on authority.
The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical - Approaching a familiar situation with fresh eyes
Before entering a recurring conversation or task, set aside your established conclusions and look again.
Pu: Taoist Simplicity and the Uncarved Block - Act fully while holding outcomes lightly
Invest complete effort in what you do while remaining genuinely indifferent to how it turns out.
The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical - Live what you study
Make your practice your philosophy — not a separate reading life and a separate daily life.
Philosophy as a Way of Life - Use genius mapping in onboarding
Surface a new hire’s geniuses early so you design their role around energy, not just skills.
The 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni) - Bring contemplative attention to ordinary moments
Practice full presence in mundane activities as a form of sacred attentiveness.
The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical - Cultivate an "acorn brain": plant what you will not harvest
Deliberately invest time and energy in efforts that will only pay off decades from now.
The Good Ancestor: Long-Path Thinking for a Meaningful Life - Hire people who share the Why, not just the skills
Skills can be learned; shared belief cannot — filtering for Why-alignment at hiring is the highest-leverage culture move.
Start With Why: Leading Through Purpose - Practice philosophy as a daily exercise
Reserve time each day not for reading philosophy but for performing a philosophical exercise.
Philosophy as a Way of Life
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- The Perennial Philosophy At Work
The perennial philosophy, synthesized by Aldous Huxley from mystic and contemplative traditions across cultures, identifies a common inner core: a divine or ultimate ground underlying all existence, knowable through direct experience; an inner nature in humans capable of that knowing; and an ethics of love and compassion as the natural expression of that realization. It is not a scientific theory but a philosophical synthesis — its practices draw on contemplative traditions whose psychological effects have increasing observational and some experimental support.
- The Perennial Philosophy Before Bed
The perennial philosophy, synthesized by Aldous Huxley from mystic and contemplative traditions across cultures, identifies a common inner core: a divine or ultimate ground underlying all existence, knowable through direct experience; an inner nature in humans capable of that knowing; and an ethics of love and compassion as the natural expression of that realization. It is not a scientific theory but a philosophical synthesis — its practices draw on contemplative traditions whose psychological effects have increasing observational and some experimental support.
- The Perennial Philosophy When Starting Out
Test philosophical claims through personal practice rather than accepting them on authority.
Prioritize direct experience over inherited belief
- How To Use Philosophy In Daily Life
Make your practice your philosophy — not a separate reading life and a separate daily life.
Live what you study
- Perennial Philosophy Huxley
The perennial philosophy, synthesized by Aldous Huxley from mystic and contemplative traditions across cultures, identifies a common inner core: a divine or ultimate ground underlying all existence, knowable through direct experience; an inner nature in humans capable of that knowing; and an ethics of love and compassion as the natural expression of that realization. It is not a scientific theory but a philosophical synthesis — its practices draw on contemplative traditions whose psychological effects have increasing observational and some experimental support.
- The Perennial Philosophy As A Parent
The perennial philosophy, synthesized by Aldous Huxley from mystic and contemplative traditions across cultures, identifies a common inner core: a divine or ultimate ground underlying all existence, knowable through direct experience; an inner nature in humans capable of that knowing; and an ethics of love and compassion as the natural expression of that realization. It is not a scientific theory but a philosophical synthesis — its practices draw on contemplative traditions whose psychological effects have increasing observational and some experimental support.
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