"Teaches five core competencies for success and fulfillment (attention, outlook, action, resilience, and effectiveness) by examining five pairs of contradictory truths. Author has worked as the director of the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, CEO of Brush Dance, and as an executive coach"--Provided by publisher.

Pt. 1. Embrace paradox. From paradox to insight -- Effectiveness : the backward step -- More clear than clear -- pt. 2. The five truths. -- Know yourself, forget yourself -- Be confident, question everything -- Fight for change, accept what is -- Embrace emotion, embody equanimity -- Benefit others, benefit yourself.