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The heart aroused : poetry and the preservation of the soul in corporate America / by David Whyte.
LIBRA Special BF637.S8 W46 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whyte, David, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Success.
- Work environment--Poetry.
- Work environment.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Conduct of life.
- Quality of work life.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xix, 341 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Currency Doubleday, 2002.
- Summary:
- David Whyte brings his unique perspective as poet and consultant to the workplace, showing readers how fulfilling work can be when they face their fears and follow their dreams. Going beneath the surface concerns about products and profits, organization and order, Whyte addresses the needs of the heart and soul, and the fears and desires that many workers keep hidden. --from publisher description.
- Contents:
- The path begins: inviting the soul to work
- Beowulf: power and vulnerability in the workplace
- Fire in the Earth: toward a grounded creativity
- Fire in the voice: speaking out at work
- Fionn and the salmon of knowledge: innocence and experience in corporate America
- Taking the homeward road: the soul at midlife
- Coleridge and complexity: facing what is sweet and what is terrible
- The soul of the world: toward an ecological imagination.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0385484186
- 9780385484183
- OCLC:
- 52393042
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