Search Inside Yourself

The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)

By: Chade-Meng Tan

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Early Google engineer and personal-growth pioneer Chade-Meng Tan first designed Search Inside Yourself as a popular course at Google, intended to transform the work and lives of the best and brightest behind one of the most innovative, successful, and profitable businesses in the world... and now it can do the same for you. Meng has distilled emotional intelligence into a set of practical and proven tools and skills that anyone can learn and develop.

Created in collaboration with a Zen master, a CEO, a Stanford University scientist, and Daniel Goleman (the guy who literally wrote the book on emotional intelligence), this program is grounded in science and expressed in a way that even a skeptical, compulsively pragmatic, engineering-oriented brain like Meng's can process. 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 for you. This is your guide to enhancing productivity and creativity, finding meaning and fulfillment in your work and life, and experiencing profound peace, compassion, and happiness while doing so.

Search Inside Yourself reveals how to calm your mind on demand and return it to a natural state of happiness; deepen self-awareness in a way that fosters self-confidence; harness empathy and compassion into outstanding leadership; and build highly productive collaborations based on trust and transparent communication.

In other words, Search Inside Yourself shows you how to grow inner joy while succeeding at your work. Meng writes: "Some people buy books that teach them to be liked; others buy books that teach them to be successful. This book teaches you both. You are so lucky."

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©2012 Chade-Meng Tang (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers

The book (and narration) is excellent

I didn't know what to expect after reading a few of the reviews, but I thought Nick Sullivan's voice was an excellent proxy for Chade-Meng Tan and his bubbly personality.

Search Inside Yourself has some great advice for everyone. Get's a little slow near the end, but I recommend it.

Good information marred by banal reading.

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This is a professional reader with a beautiful sounding voice but utterly out of sync with the material he's presenting, making the content of the book sound banal and trivial. He would sound more at home on an ad selling washing powder or pharmaceuticals. A good reader must inhabit the content as though they were the author themselves otherwise, like in this audiobook, the content comes off as sounding non-believable, which is a shame because this is indeed worthy content. This is a book touching topics of a spiritual and emotional nature, deeply personal subjects but sadly none of this comes forth in the presentation.A appropriate reader must fit the tone of the book they're presenting. This book may have some depth, but who would know? It's not given a chance to shine. I suggest buying a copy of the paperback.

Your true search begins here

I don’t care what people say about this book being written by a Google guy. What I care about is that it can help people! It helped me and it can help you! Here the author taps into many, many resources and ties them together from simple buddhist teachings to the latest research. I found it a great source of information and learning. My only caution is that you do the meditations as you go and not fluff them off.

Good overview, practical and funny! :)

Would you listen to Search Inside Yourself again? Why?

Yes, I will listen to it again sometime in the future, while commuting. I have the paper version as well to get the detailed instructions for the practices.

What other book might you compare Search Inside Yourself to and why?

Roughly to other meditation and self-improvement books, but this one is a good compilation of what's out there, in a good mix and match way.

Have you listened to any of Nick Sullivan’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This is my first time and I found it very good.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It got me laughing in the streets, which was good to cause others to smile as well.

Any additional comments?

Definitely recommended!

Favorite Audible book so far!

This book does an awesome job explaining meditation and gives you real life exercises to deepen your meditation practice. I have been practicing meditation for almost two years and I can also see how my practiced has improved with this book.

I also like being able to save a clip for each practice or exercise so I am go back to it later. I can't wait to do my part in spreading world peace!

Just a great profound transformational book

This book I will listen to again and then again and continue until it becomes my natural behavior. I feel it does have so much that I have not yet gotten to the surface the first time. Thanks Meng for writing it. I will continue doing my part.

Unbelievable

The content and style of reading resonated within - need to say just this - the path to inner peace is easy to adopt & the continuous practice is a blessing! Bringing presence around you to the world is a struggle!

A must read for everyone!

Better Buy the Book

The book is funny and I basically like it. However, I wouldn't recommend the audiobook: the reader sounds a bit too strict and the exercises are difficult to do.

I loved reading this book hard copy

Yet, the audiobook was painful to parse. The narrator made it bland and cheesy (whereas the book itself is brilliant and easy to read).

If you like the content, I’d suggest purchasing the actual book. It’s great.

Wish I could do the course

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Absolutely, this book is incredible and funny. It offers so much wisdom and provides 'how to' strategies to help you make the changes you want to see in your life.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Search Inside Yourself?

Most of it

Which character – as performed by Nick Sullivan – was your favorite?

Not relevant

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Mindfulness manifests magic