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Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) Paperback – September 2, 2014

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With Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan, one of Google’s earliest engineers and personal growth pioneer, offers a proven method for enhancing mindfulness and emotional intelligence in life and work.

Meng’s job is to teach Google’s best and brightest how to apply mindfulness techniques in the office and beyond; now, readers everywhere can get insider access to one of the most sought after classes in the country, a course in health, happiness and creativity that is improving the livelihood and productivity of those responsible for one of the most successful businesses in the world.

With forewords by Daniel Goleman, author of the international bestseller Emotional Intelligence, and Jon Kabat-Zinn, renowned mindfulness expert and author of Coming To Our Senses, Meng’s Search Inside Yourself is an invaluable guide to achieving your own best potential.


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“Google engineer, Chade-Meng Tan’s book shows that to avoid certain kinds of results, you need to change the conditions that give rise to them. If you change the habitual patterns of your mind, you can change their resulting attitudes and emotions and find peace and inner happiness.” — His Holiness the Dalai Lama

“This is a book offering much good advice. I most appreciate Meng’s insight that expressing compassion for others brings happiness to oneself as well.” — Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States

“I applaud Chade-Meng for daring to undertake the writing of a book on “Emotional Intelligence,” within which lies the essence of knowing oneself. The practices he offers will help improve our lives and in the process lead to a world where greater peace and happiness is possible.” — S.R. Nathan, Former President of Singapore

“Combining timeless wisdom with modern science, Chade-Meng Tan has created an entertaining and practical guide to success and happiness.” — Deepak Chopra

Search Inside Yourself is a practical guide to the fundamentals of emotional intelligence. This book has the potential to change lives and deliver happiness.” — Tony Hsieh, New York Times bestselling author of Delivering Happiness and CEO of Zappos.com, Inc.

“This book and the course it’s based on represent one of the greatest aspects of Google’s culture―that one individual with a great idea can really change the world.” — Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google

“There is more to be discovered inside of ourselves than we will ever find by searching anywhere else, and the challenge is in learning how to look. In a simple and plain spoken way, Meng has crafted an elegant invitation we can all use to take that journey.” — Scott Kriens, Chairman, Juniper Networks director, 1440 Foundation

“This is a guidebook to help you Search Inside Yourself, as Meng’s training program at Google was called, to find inside yourself the knowledge, skills, and motivation to apply to your own life as you search for meaning, peace, and love.” — Larry Brilliant, President of the Skoll Global Threats Fund

“Our friend has made an awakening contribution to this Over-Information Age. I recommend it to those aspiring self-mastery, attention training, spiritual wisdom, and the path of the wakeful life through enlightened living. Seek, and ye shall find. This is one of the best places to start.” — Lama Surya Das

“When I visited Qom a couple of years ago, a Grand Ayatollah gave as his parting words to me: May you find what you seek. I have long thought about what the Grand Ayatollah said. Chade Meng’s book has pointed me in the right direction.” — Brigadier-General George Yeo, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore

“This book reveals a key part of the success of Google. Whether we are trying to create positive change in the corporate realm or our personal relationships, Meng teaches us external change can only happen if we individually spend time cultivating a better understanding our own inner world.” — Tim Ryan, United States Congressman and author of A Mindful Nation

“Full of humor and humility, wisdom and mindfulness, Meng’s book is a compelling read, but more importantly, a valuable manual for living a good life. Rarely have I read a book full of so much intelligence and emotion. I want to be Meng when I grow up!” — Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre Hotels and author of Emotional Equations

“Meng is like a wise and humorous monk who will continue to inspire you for years after you close the pages of his book. With the needs of today’s world in mind, he offers practical and proven tools wrapped in the gift of timeless wisdom.” — John Mackey, co-chief executive officer and co-founder of Whole Foods Market

“This work underscores the need for compassion, awareness and empathy in our society. It is no surprise that the best venture capitalists and entrepreneurs I know possess these attributes. This is one of the best works ever in personal development. Read this book, it will change your life.” — Tan Yinglan, author of The Way Of The VC and Chinnovation

“Old wisdom is presented here with a provocative and startling freshness. The way to enlightenment begins with waking up. Meng is doing this with passion, humor and generosity of mind. This is a book to read, share, laugh with and celebrate.” — Father Laurence Freeman, OSB, director of the World Community for Christian Meditation

“Think of S.I.Y. as the Zen of Google.” — ContemplativeComputing.com

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From the Groundbreaking Course at Google

Whether your intention is to reduce stress and increase well-being, heighten focus and creativity, become more optimistic and resilient, build fulfilling relationships, or just be successful, the skills provided by Search Inside Yourself will prove invaluable to you.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne; Reprint edition (September 2, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062116932
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062116932
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.8 x 5.9 x 8.9 inches
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Chade-Meng Tan (Meng) is an award-winning engineer, international bestselling author, and philanthropist. At Google, where he held the title of Jolly Good Fellow, he led the creation of the groundbreaking mindfulness course called Search Inside Yourself.

Meng is Co-chair of One Billion Acts of Peace, which has been nominated by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and seven other Nobel laureates for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is Co-founder of Buddhism .net, and served as Executive Producer of the movie, "Walk With Me", about Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. He is also Founding Patron of Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), and adviser to a number of technology start-ups.

Meng delivered a TED talk on compassion at the United Nations, spoke about the development of kindness at the White House, and led mindfulness practice at the Vatican. He was featured on the front page of the New York Times. He has met four United States Presidents. The Dalai Lama gives him hugs. His personal motto is, "Life is too important to be taken seriously".


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Customers find the book fun, entertaining, and worth reading. They appreciate the personal stories and cartoons. Readers also mention the book makes some good points but seems repetitive at times.

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"...The book is written in a light, playful spirit, and walks you through not only what mindfulness meditation is, but how to practice it, why it is..." Read more

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Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2024
I highly recommend the book Meditation for Dummies. This book taught many of the meditations that are found in the book Meditation for Dummies. The most important thing I learned about mantra meditation is that you recite a mantra in your mind and anytime the mind wanders you bring your focus back to reciting the mantra while meditating. The same is true for breath meditaition. Focus on paying attention to the breath and anytime the mind wanders bring your focus back to paying attention to the breath. An old nursing book said to just focus on the breath while meditating without saying one's total attention should be focused on the breath and anytime thoughts entered one's mind a person should bring one's thoughts back to focusing on the breath. The book Meditation for Dummies really clarified what true meditation is. I think a lot of people misunderstand what meditation is and reading Meditation for Dummies and this book will help clarify what meditation truly is.
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2012
Is World peace an attainable dream or does Chade, like Don Quixote, need to ask himself whether he's only holding moonbeams in his hands.

War is a dark malignancy spreading throughout the soul of the weary world. Chade's prescription, clearly set out in SIY, is "goodness" on a global scale to cure the malignancy.

Chade-Meng Tan has a passion for peace and by writing this book he is doing something about it. Chade, an engineer at Google, was allowed by them to organize a team to develop a project for World Peace. He approached the project from an efficient engineering point of view.

His team developed skillful means to help people succeed in a way that World Peace is a necessary side affect.

Chade-Meng Tan recently explained at a Google seminar his plan for making world peace an attainable dream. It can be viewed on You Tube.

David, my son, a retired Boeing engineer and now a teacher at Cal State Long Beach had this to say about Chade's book, SIY:

"I did relate to him as an engineer. I like how he set out to solve the problem of world peace and came up with a simple, elegant solution. Implementing the solution will be a challenge but I think it is workable. I as a teacher am in a perfect position to spread the word. Even though my class is a technology class and not a philosophy class, I can still teach by example. I have a [peace] poster below on the wall of my lab. I do a little spiel how they need to have inner peace and how they need to foster a love for metallurgy to be successful in the class. Many of them snicker and think I am nuts but some of them get it and try to adopt it."

Chade hypostasized that two necessary and sufficient conditions for world peace are: 1. End of poverty, and 2. Inner peace, happiness and compassion leading to goodness on a global scale.

Chade reasoned that if goodness expandeds in the world on a global scale, wars and poverty would diminish and eventually disappear. He asked himself how goodness could be expanded in the world and came up with a simple solution.

Chade makes a convincing case that if the business community realized that "goodness" was good for business then it would become part of the business culture on a global scale. Chade is pragmatic: If all you want is "goodness" go hug a tree he says.

Chade developed a simple tool for the business man to use so he could promote goodness. The book covers convincing research and studies that show that the business and military leaders who exhibit inner peace, happiness and compassion within themselves are constantly the most effective leaders and their companies do better financially.

To promote goodness Chade's book spends time explicating meditation techniques. The one practice that I found simple and practical and useful and which is now a habit with me is:

Whenever I meet someone I think "I want you to be happy." What happens is this; my face softens and reflects goodness. The other person senses this and their face softens and a connection is made. It's impossible for me to maintain toxic feelings towards someone I want to be happy. It's simple and elegant and backed by research into our brains ability to radiate waves of consciousness. Chade's program is based on three insights.

1. That we are all human
2. We all want to be happy, and,
3. We all want to be free of suffering.

These three insights have enormously enriched my life and are worth the price of admission.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2017
Search Inside Yourself makes one of the more compelling cases for committing to meditation as a lifestyle. Part anecdotal, part scientific, part humorous, Chade-Meng Tan did his absolute best to make mediation appealing to a broad audience. However, this book was one of my most difficult reads this year.

Given the amount of neuroscientist-level jargon needed to establish credibility, I had to continually put the book down after a 15-20 pages to digest the information. I also used that time to try the recommended activities, which were a welcomed reprieve.

Overall, it's a worthwhile read, but it's likely much easier to get certified through one of their "SIY" conference seminars. I don't get through many books if I have to muscle through them, but something kept bringing me back to Meng Tan's work.
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DelHow
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book!
Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2024
Would recommend to anyone at any point in their careers or life. So much good, practical advice along with the science behind meditation practices.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Innovative organizational and management development by Google
Reviewed in Germany on March 26, 2024
The book contains a detailed guide to self-management and why it is important for employees of a large organization like Google. In addition, the book provides in-depth insights and guidance for each person to achieve career success and happiness all in one. I found it a fulfilling read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very wise and genuinely interesting.
Reviewed in India on April 24, 2023
I liked the humorous approach. He is the Jolly fellow. We can learn alot from. We can save the World.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Vale la pena leggerlo.
Reviewed in Italy on February 27, 2021
Consigliassimo! Lettura interessante.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational&Fun
Reviewed in Brazil on November 14, 2019
Really, really good book. I bought the kindle version but was not able to keep on reading it. So I decided on the audio version and enjoyed every minute of the book (even though many people complain about the narrator...it did not bother me) and finally, I decided to buy the printed version so I could write my observations on it as I like.
It has a lot of exercises and the explanations and links with the "real" life makes a lot of sense. Loved it! Now, I plan to attend the training as well. :-)