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  • The Buddha and the Badass

  • The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work
  • By: Vishen Lakhiani
  • Narrated by: Vikas Adam
  • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (129 ratings)

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New York Times, USA Today, and number one Wall Street Journal best seller • Forget hustling. This book, from the author of The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, will disrupt your deeply held beliefs about work, success, and, indeed, life.

If you’re the average person in the developed world, you spend 70 percent of your waking hours at work. And if you’re the average person, you’re miserable for most of those hours. This is simply not an acceptable state of affairs for your one shot at life. No matter your station, you possess incredible unique powers. It’s a modern myth that hard work and hustle are the paths to success. Inside you is a soul. And once you unleash it fully into the domain of work, magic happens. Awakening the Buddha and the Badass inside you is a process that will disrupt the way you work altogether. You’ll gain access to tools that bend the very rules of reality.

  • The Buddha is the archetype of the spiritual master. The person who can live in this world but also move with an ease, grace, and flow that comes from inner awareness and alignment.
  • The Badass is the archetype of the changemaker. This is the person who is out there creating change, building, coding, writing, inventing, leading. The badass represents the benevolent disruptor - the person challenging the norms so we can be better as a species.

Once you integrate the skill sets of both archetypes, you will experience life at a different level from most people. You will operate from a space of bliss, ease, inspiration, and abundance. The Buddha and the Badass: The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work will show you how. Author of the New York Times best seller The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and founder of Mindvalley, Vishen Lakhiani has turned his own life and company into his research lab. He’s codified everything he’s learned into the how-to steps in this book. The Buddha and the Badass teaches you how to master your work and your life.

©2020 Vishen Lakhiani (P)2020 Random House Audio

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boring

he promises he's going to reveal amazing stuff and learnings.
turns out to be all the same like any other help book" quotes and explanation of quotes and stories that resemble that quote"
couldn't finish it as well

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POSSIBLY THE BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ/LISTENED TO.

Content is incredible, as always with Vishen's work - it's truly transformational and life changing. Would have been even better if Vishen narrated it but the content is amazing nevertheless. Thank you Vishen for birthing this to the world!

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Badass and a must read

From life to business there is so much to gain from this book 🙏 I have listened to so many books and this comes out on top.

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Wow - talk about opening ones mind to life’s real possibilities

Vishen, thank you for what has been the most inspiring book I’ve consumed this year 10/10. This is a must read for anyone who wants to elevate themselves and live a fulfilled lifestyle from the inside out 👌

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INCREDIBLE!

Every human being needs to listen to this abolutely life changing book - ♡ ♡

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Love Vishen and this book !

I’m such a huge fame of the author Vishen Lakhiani. This man has changed my life with his intuition to change his life to bring personal growth to the world at the touch of our finger tips . So grateful for his vision and insight into becoming a better human being and helping me find peace in every day life . Love his company Mindvalley and highly recommend you check it out plus listen to this insightful book :)

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VERY inspirational, uplifting and eye opening.

Loved it! Full of information, love the stories and the insight of some of the most amazing minds and how they operate. Very inspirational, motivational and an eye opener. even for a non entrepreneur.

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What insight!

One of the best books I have ever read. I ordered the hard copy as well, this is invaluable.

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actionable inspiring

nice content with superb naration. trully inspiring stories and actionable points through out the book.

the book is inspiring and it kept me listening over and over untill all the core sprit of the book has become parts of myself.

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So empowering

I loved this book, it made me daydream about my future! I recommend to everyone who wants to feel uplifted.

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