Conscious Business

Personal Skills & Business Contribution

Conscious Business is more a series of seminars which are spoken by the author Fred Kaufman in a warm soothing tone. I work in IT for HP as a full time consultant to Cisco Systems. It may simply be the time in my life, or the business environment in which I find myself, but I found Fred's perspective remarkably moving and enlightening. Fred does a excellent job of identifying the personal skills required to work effectly in a business setting and goes on to provide a wealth of suggestions on how to develop those skills. Throughout the book he does a good job of keeping the lines of personal development and business contribution parallel, however, if I were to offer one reservation, I think he could have drove that relationship home more as he concluded the series. This is certainly the best business management book I have encountered, and I have read quite a few lately.

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Highly Recommended

This is the best book I've heard yet from audible.com. Fred Kofman is an entertaining and educational speaker who doesn't seem to be reading. He uses memorable, often funny examples to illustrate his ideas. I have heard or read variations on some of his concepts in other books, but every idea is good and true. Fred Kofman is incredibly smart and also has a lot of common sense and humility.

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real-life business without the hype!

fred shows how to be succesful in business without "selling out" your values and dignity as a human being. also a "must-read" for fans of integral theory and ken wilber.

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EXCELLENT

It's an excellent book for anyone who wants to improve the way they do business, the way they communicate with each other, the way they handle relationships, and many other aspects of our daily life. It's all practical and you can start using it right away. I really liked it. And I do recommend it to everyone.

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85% of this book is common sense that most people already know

I can’t say this is a bad book, there are some fundamentals that would greatly improve a workplace if all employees would adhere to these principles. Unfortunately, I did not find most of these fundamentals to be new or ground breaking: find ways to stay true to your core values, be open to new ideas, keep your promises, etc. I did not like his categorizing people as either a player or a victim. I think humans are two complex to be thrown into two categories. While I understand his use of the term victim, I feel like that may not be a great word to use in a context such as this due to the meaning the word victim holds in our society.

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WOW

This is one of the best books I have ever heard or read that deals with developing oneself as a person, and as a leader. It has kicked off a subtle yet profound change in the way I am at work and in all areas of my life. I've felt compelled to recommend it to my staff, my friends, my lover... at the risk of sounding like a total nutter to all concerned!

Fred narates the program and while some reviews mentioned that he was difficult to listen to, I didn't find this at all. I'm now on my second listening, and his melodic tones are as soothing as the concepts are moving...

So if you are umming or ahhing on this download, do it - I haven't regretted a moment of the 15 odd hours I've listened to so far...

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My favourite Book on Audible

This is the only audible book I really cherish and I have listen to twice, if not more. Fred gives so many examples that just identify perfectly with corporate life = but on the other hand, the narration is almost like a lecture, not a book. You will change the way you work with people after reading this book.

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Excellent and Inspiring

This book is excellent. I go by from time to time to the chapters that I need to hear again. It’s inspiring, very concrete with down to earth advices. It’s a gift from the author to the business world.

TO GET CONSCIUS AS A PROCESS

One of the most inspiring works in my life. Fred is so humble and at the same time so wise and clear. If every person who is involved in an organization listen ed this material, the world would be a better place. On the one hand Fred gives the “know how” to achieve it, but in the other he is capable to light our souls to want to do it.

Wish I had discovered this book 20 years earlier

If you only read one book in your life, make sure it is this one.