Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Secrets for the Creative and Constantly Connected [Paperback]

Soren Gordhamer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 7, 2009

From Online to Om

Reuters recently reported that Americans are willing to go longer without friends and sex than the Internet. We spend more time on our computers, BlackBerrys, cell phones, and iPods than we do with each other or with ourselves. Using these technologies becomes a compulsive action rather than a creative process, and instead of increasing our productivity, the multitasking is stressing us out!

In Wisdom 2.0, Soren Gordhamer offers sound guidance to the millions of people trying to find the right balance between using technology and staying human. Humorous and fun, Wisdom 2.0 provides effective, time-tested tools for reducing stress and nurturing creativity in a technology-saturated universe.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Wonderful, and unbelievably important." -- Jon Kabat-Zinn --Direct

Utterly buried in the world of Twitter, blogging, email, online social networks, cell phones, text messages? Wisdom 2.0 offer readers a ray of light, a breath of fresh air and tranquility for the constantly connected and eternally wired. (Mark Grimes, founder of Ned.com and Better World Media Network )

Soren Gordhamer’s brave and smart book on how to stay connected (ie,mindful) while being electronically connected is a must for thosewhose lives tend to be on the virtual side. He’s advocating an inward step to a newrelationship with technology that is creative and liberating. (Joan Halifax, abbot, Upaya Zen Center )

This is good stuff for the busy modern life: practical, simple and wise. (Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart )

Author, Web entrepreneur and stress-reduction consultant Gordhamer ‘s presentation is succinct and cannily geared toward those proud to be plugged-in, but seeking to restore balance to their lives. (Publishers Weekly )

This may well be the first book of its kind. A book of rapid development and the rewriting of long conditioned programs. This is liberation by wrapped attention to the mind-screen and the comings and goines there-on.” (Stephen Levine, author of Turning Toward the Mystery )

This is the instruction manual that should come with our iPhones and Blackberries... teaching us how to put them down. (Chris Sacca, Former Google Head of Special Initiatives )

Wisdom 2.0 is a pragmatic, creative, and fun guide to applying ancient insights to our everyday technology-rich lives. This book reveals how to utilize ordinary circumstance for real transformation. (Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of HappinessSharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of HappinessSharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of HappinessSharon Salzberg, a )

About the Author

Soren Gordhamer is a consultant, teacher, and the author of the meditation book Just Say Om! He has taught stress reduction programs everywhere from New York City juvenile halls, and Buddhist centers, to non-governmental organizations in Africa and Google's corporate headquarters. He was a project director for Richard Gere's public charity Healing the Divide, where he organized the Healing through Great Difficulty Conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne (April 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061651516
• ISBN-13: 978-0061651519
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

SOREN GORDHAMER works with individuals and groups on ways to live with less stress and greater creativity, particularly in relationship to technology. His most recent book is Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Teachings for the Creative and Constantly Connected (HarperOne, 2009), which offers tools for living with greater focus and ease in our increasingly connected world.

He blogs for the Huffington Post, where he writes on current events and mindfulness, and for the Social Media blog, Mashable, where he explores the potential of social networks like Twitter and Facebook.

Soren has spoken on or taught mindfulness everywhere from youth in New York City juvenile halls, to trauma workers in Rwanda, teachers in Nigeria, and to staff at the Google's corporate headquarters.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless wisdom for modern life, April 14, 2009

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Like a good friend, this book offers welcome input to help you live more fully and realize your potential. Wisdom 2.0 shows how to find balance while moving at the fast pace of modern life. Gordhamer writes about real-life challenges with insight, humor and humility. Skilled with cutting edge technology and grounded in ancient wisdom traditions, the author provides practical strategies for developing the inner focus, clarity and creativity essential for success.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wisdom, May 11, 2010

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Interesting. Thought provoking insights gleaned from author's life experiences. However, the title promises more than the book actually delivers.

Unusual size and shape of the book makes it attractive as a coffee table item, but less than handy to store with other normal sized books.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Litte Too Basic For Me; Great For Beginners, August 11, 2010

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Length:: 2:21 Mins

This book is easy to read and organized very well. As someone who has already done a lot of reading and practicing of buddhism and mindfulness most of the tips were fairly common sense to me. However it consolidated everything into a short, straightforward read for those of you who are short on time.

If you are overwhelmed with your daily dosing of technology and don't know how to deal with it I'd suggest this book. For more advanced mindfulness practitioners you will probably already use a lot of this advice in your daily life anyway.