Ep. 206 – Capitalism, Right Livelihood, and the Next Generation with Bill Ford

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

Kornfield, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Jackkornfield, Buddhism, Spirituality, Jack Kornfield

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Executive Chairman of the Ford Motor Company, Bill Ford, joins Jack to discuss capitalism, Right Livelihood, and the next generation.

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“To be successful in business you have to have values, you have to stand by those values, and you can't compromise those values. But you also have to have the tools to do that. Whether it's meditation or other forms of self-exploration, you have to have a way to shed the stress and to really dive into what's important.” – Bill Ford

In this episode, Jack and Bill mindfully navigate:

How we can make business and work a force for good
The stakes and rewards of servant leadership
Capitalism, Right Livelihood, and the Next Generation
Navigating tough decisions and bringing out the best in others
Compassionate leadership in a cold economy
Living with empathy and from our highest intention

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"What's the point of your life if there isn't some well-being woven into it? It's not meant to be a grim duty. Some people take meditation as a grim duty. That doesn't make it happy, and it doesn't actually serve you in some deep way." – Jack Kornfield

This conversation was originally recorded for the Inner-MBA program presented by Sounds True.

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0:53.2	To be successful in business, you have to have values. You have to stand by those values,
1:02.3	and you can't compromise those values, but you also have to have the tools to do that.
1:08.9	So, what do I mean by that? Well, what you've been teaching me all these years,
1:13.3	it's, you know, you have to, I mean, whether it's meditation or other forms of self-exploration,
1:20.0	you have to have a way to shed the stress and to really dive into what's important.
1:37.7	Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Heart Wisdom here on Romdos' Be Here Now Network.
1:43.4	I'm Ganesh Bremiller here to introduce Jack Cornfield along with his guest,
1:47.7	the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, Bill Ford.
1:52.9	I did not expect this to be Jack's podcast guests this time around, but Jack always surprises me
2:00.3	with the amount of people he knows in different scenes, and I think that's something really
2:05.6	special about Jack, that very much like Romdos with his social venture capitalist network.
2:12.8	Jack was okay talking with the hippies in the 60s. He is okay. Also sitting down with a highly
2:20.1	professional businessman and shedding his light into a sector that probably doesn't have
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