INNER MASTERY, OUTER IMPACT

Key principles for how to have your outer success reflect your inner core.

All of us hunger for success but struggle to balance the drumroll of the world with the beat of our own heart. Some of us pursue Outer Success, wanting to be liked and loved, lauded and rewarded. But in our quest for worldly glory, we may ignore the subtle stirring of our heart, waking up one day to realize just how far we have drifted from our personal ideals. Others among us seek Inner Success, wanting the freedom to pursue our personal passions. But in our quest to be true to ourselves, we may end up hurting, disappointing or antagonizing others, straining relationships and being sidelined. It seems that our drives for Outer and Inner Success are destined to clash. But perhaps that's only because we've been searching in the wrong places. This book shows how we can pursue what is important to us and fulfill our greatest potential by activating our Five Core Energies: Purpose, Wisdom, Growth, Love, and Self-Realization. Through extensive scientific research, and masterful storytelling about exemplary figures like Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Mother Theresa, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela and everyday heroes drawn from Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa's class at Columbia Business School and client workshops at Mentora Institute, Wadhwa helps readers arrive at timeless principles of success in life and leadership by showing how your Five Core Energies can help you create outer impact from a place of inner mastery. With a PhD in Management Science from MIT and a lifelong study of the world's mystic traditions, Wadhwa brings a mathematician's rigor and a truth-seeker's spirit to some of today's most vexing questions about authenticity, success, leadership, and human potential. This book shows you how to create the conditions where Inner Success and Outer Success can flourish in mutual harmony for a life of meaning and purpose. Hitendra Wadhwa is Professor of Practice at Columbia Business School and Founder of Mentora, a business consultancy. He has coached dozens of Fortune 100 C-suite executives, taught thousands of MBAs and Executives, and lectured internationally. His work has been featured in Forbes, CNN, Fox Business, and Psychology Today, among other media. He holds an MBA and PhD in mathematics from MIT.