Part of the new series on Spirituality and Success

In coaching people to achieve more success and fulfillment (and happiness) in their livelihoods, Ive experimented with hundreds of strategies, principles and concepts to learn which have the most transformational impact on individual success. Ive found that gaining awareness of and positively shifting how we feel and think about the endeavors were engaged in dramatically shapes the outcomes of these endeavors. In other words, when our minds and hearts are full of conflict, doubt and resistance about what were doing, then the results we get from our work are also full of conflict, doubt and resistance.

Eager to learn more about this process, and how to help myself and others clear the pathway for more success, I took the advice of a new friend and colleague Zhena Muzyka whos achieved tremendous success in her business Zhenas Gypsy Tea. Zhena recommended I read the book The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha On Managing Your Business and Your Life, by Geshe Michael Roach, and it was a powerful experience for me.

Geshe Michael Roach (Photo Credit: The Diamond Cutter Institute)

The Diamond Cutter is a global bestseller which tells the story of how Geshe Michael helped build Manhattan-based Andin International Corporation into a $250-million per year operation, which was sold to Warren Buffett in 2009. The Diamond Cutter business model is based on Michaels experiences as a young Princeton graduate, who as an exchange student ended up spending 25 years in Tibetan monastic universities, becoming the first American in 600 years to be awarded the title of geshe, or master.

This week I caught up with Geshe Michael, who is now CEO of the Diamond Cutter Institute, which advises corporations and governments worldwide on management issues.

Kathy Caprino: Your consulting firm operates in 20 countries on all five continents. Whats on your mind right now? What are the hot spots?

Geshe Michael Roach: I think hot spots is exactly the right word. Just this week my staff and I returned from 10 days of private consultations in the Middle East for government and financial institutions from eight different Islamic countries.

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