What Really Matters - Hardcover

Schwartz, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553093983 ISBN 13: 9780553093988

Publisher: Bantam, 1995

Synopsis

Seeking meaning in everyday life and wisdom in America, a journalist records his search, creating a guide to the best techniques for self-discovery, a social history of the consciousness movement, and a journey to the center of the soul.

About this title

From the Publisher:

In 1988, at the height of his career as a journalist, happily married, and co-author of a smash number-one best-seller, Tony Schwartz hit an unexpected wall. Why did success he's long sought suddenly feel so empty? What was a truly meaningful and complete like, and who could show him how to live it? And how could he explore this wider vision without giving up his life in the "real world"? During the next five years his search for answers took him from a meditation retreat in the mountains of Utah to a biofeedback laboratory in Kansas, from a peak-performance workshop at a tennis academy in Florida to a right-brain drawing course in Boston. Blending the hunger of a seeker wit a journalist's commitment to hard-headed inquiry, he interviewed, challenged, worked with, and sometimes befriended the key figured of a new, distinctively American wisdom tradition. The result is a totally engaging book that delivers on many levels -- as a guide to the best teachers and techniques to self-discovery and self-improvement (as well as a sophisticated map of the potential pitfalls); as a social history of the wildly diverse personalities and philosophies that have clashed and intersected in the modern consciousness movement; and as the ever-deepening journey of one man to the center of his heart and soul.

From the Inside Flap:

t of his career as a journalist, Tony Schwartz hit an unexpected wall.  Why did success suddenly feel so empty?  How could he add richer meaning to his everyday life?  What guides could he trust on the road to wisdom?

During the next five years his search for answers took him from a meditation retreat in the mountains of Utah to a biofeedback laboratory in Kansas, from a peak-performance workshop at a tennis academy in Florida to a right-brain drawing course in Boston.  Blending the hunger of a seeker with a journalist's hard-headed inquiry, he discovered the best teachers and techniques for inner development--and identified the potential pitfalls and false gurus he met along the way.  What he found dramatically changed his life.  It may change yours as well.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0553093983
• ISBN 13: 9780553093988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472