By jenniferpeeler on February 3, 2012
What do I do? It’s always better to manage culture, not people. Start today by being the person who shows a dedication to hard work, selflessness, and your customers. Your colleagues will follow suit. Don’t figure it out, find out: Make a commitment to excellence and keep it. Find out what Turak is really offering [...]
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By Melissa Carter on February 2, 2012
The North Carolina State University Self Knowledge Symposium presents August Turak and Five Years with a Zen Master. This is the talk that has been most widely requested at AugustTurak.com and this fall we are dusting off the posters and preparing to bring back this fan favorite.
Posted in Events, Personal Transformation
By Melissa Carter on January 29, 2012
The Duke University Self Knowledge Symposium presents August Turak and Five Years with a Zen Master. This is the talk that has been most widely requested at AugustTurak.com and this fall we are dusting off the posters and preparing to bring back this fan favorite.
Posted in Events, Personal Transformation
By Melissa Carter on January 24, 2012
Successful entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes, but they all share one essential trait. Find out how to make your own entrepreneurial dreams come true.
Posted in Career Success | Tagged Entrepreneur, IBM, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, New York City, Research Triangle Park, Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs
By Melissa Carter on January 20, 2012
Turak is consulting with Mobile Reach’s president, Nasrin Azari on sales and business development. Turak will provide recommendations for moving the business forward in all aspects including overall business, revenue model, and sales structure.
Posted in Events, Transformational Organizations
By August Turak on January 17, 2012
Whether God exists is a legitimate question. That man needs a God is an incontrovertible fact. – Carl Jung One day at Mepkin Abbey monastery, Father Christian and I were in the breezeway that separates the monastic offices from the refectory. While chatting we were approached by a self-professed atheist who said he was visiting [...]
Posted in Personal Transformation, Writings | Tagged Carl Jung, Doubt, Dread, Faith, Mepkin Abbey, Michael Washburn, Monks, T.S. Elliot, Thomas Merton
By Melissa Carter on January 12, 2012
Sooner or later every leader realizes that most of the people he needs to be successful don’t report to him. Business success as well as personal success relies on ‘persuasion’. Here are the 8 persuasive secrets from the most persuasive person I’ve ever met.
Posted in Career Success, Featured | Tagged Duke University, Leadership Lessons, Meredith Parker, North Carolina, North Carolina State University, Self Knowledge Symposium, Self Knowledge Symposium Foundation, SKS, SKSF, United States, University Scholars Program, Wal-Mart, WalMart
By jenniferpeeler on January 10, 2012
Most of us interpret symptoms, instead of diseases. In today’s recession, everybody is running around trying to find economic solutions to a problem that isn’t economic, it’s [...]
Posted in Transcending Capitalism, Video
By Melissa Carter on January 1, 2012
What do I do? Begin to practice detachment by looking at your situations realistically and objectively. Try to separate your emotions when you take an honest look at yourself. What things need to change and how do your actions affect others. Write down 3 things you can do to improve yourself and your relationships. Ask [...]
Posted in Featured, Personal Transformation, Video | Tagged Change, Detachment, Transformation
By Melissa Carter on December 19, 2011
Christmas is rapidly approaching and each year my thoughts return to the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey. For many years I religiously spent several weeks over Christmas living and working alongside the monks, but unfortunately the last couple have been so busy that I’ve been unable to get away. But of all my wonderful memories, [...]
Posted in Audio, Featured, Personal Transformation | Tagged Brother John, Christmas Eve, Inspiration, Mepkin Abbey, Monks, Path, Rationalization, recommended, Service and selflessness, Transcendence, Transformation, Umbrella
By Melissa Carter on November 28, 2011
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly. ― Arnold Edinborough
Posted in Career Success, Featured | Tagged George Clooney, Innovation, Leadership Lessons, Steve Jobs
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