Wisdom 2.0 - by Soren Gordhamer (Paperback)

About the Book

Fun, witty, and in sync with contemporary life, "Wisdom 2.0" provides effective, time-tested tools and approaches for reducing stress in a technology-saturated universe--and for nurturing creativity, online and off.

From the Back Cover

Technology is not the answer. It is also not the problem. What matters instead? Awareness, Engagement, and Wisdom.

Wisdom 2.0 addresses the challenge of our age: to not only live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial, effective, and useful.

Review Quotes

This is the instruction manual that should come with our iPhones and Blackberries... teaching us how to put them down. - Chris Sacca, Former Google Head of Special Initiatives
Wisdom 2.0 is a pragmatic, creative, and fun guide to applying ancient insights to our everyday technology-rich lives. This book reveals how to utilize ordinary circumstance for real transformation. - Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
This is good stuff for the busy modern life: practical, simple and wise. - Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart
This may well be the first book of its kind. A book of rapid development and the rewriting of long conditioned programs. This is liberation by wrapped attention to the mind-screen and the comings and goines there-on." - Stephen Levine, author of Turning Toward the Mystery
Author, Web entrepreneur and stress-reduction consultant Gordhamer 's presentation is succinct and cannily geared toward those proud to be plugged-in, but seeking to restore balance to their lives. - Publishers Weekly
"Soren is a connector extraordinaire. In this book, he connects wisdom to business, thereby exploring the next wave of engagement, creativity, and mindfulness in business and life. Read this book, and Soren may connect you to your inner wisdom." - Chade-Meng Tan, New York Times Bestselling author of Search Inside Yourself
"This is a wonderful and important read for everyone in business who wants to acquire deeper insight and practice living a balanced life. Soren brings a wealth of experience to the reader in an accessible and compelling way. And with so many demands on our attention and time, maintaining focus in a productive way is more essential than ever. " - Stuart Crabb, Head of Learning & Development, Facebook
"This is a wonderful and important read for everyone in business who wants to acquire deeper insight and practice living a balanced life. Soren brings a wealth of experience to the reader in an accessible and compelling way." - Stuart Crabb, Head of Learning & Development, Facebook
"With the pace of our work and our lives increasing at lightning speed, we are not only losing our effectiveness, but ourselves. Wisdom 2.0 guides us gently back to our path--the one that prioritizes our well-being, and in turn, those few things that are truly important. The next generation of learning & work is about how to harness technology & information in a mindful & meaningful way. Soren guides us on how to do that, reminding us that living mindfully is living intentionally. And living intentionally is our greatest contribution--at work, at home and in the world." - Melissa Daimler, Head of Organizational Effectiveness & Learning, Twitter
"With the pace of our work and our lives increasing at lightning speed, we are not only losing our effectiveness, but ourselves. Wisdom 2.0 guides us gently back to our path--the one that prioritizes our well-being, and in turn, those few things that are truly important." - Melissa Daimler, Head of Organizational Effectiveness & Learning, Twitter
"Our relationship to technology, and to life, is what we make of it. In a world where information constantly flows at us from every direction Soren has provided us with a wonderful guide that through observation and practice will help us stay connected to our intentions and our loved ones." - Arturo Bejar, Director of Engineering, Facebook
Utterly buried in the world of Twitter, blogging, email, online social networks, cell phones, text messages? Wisdom 2.0 offer readers a ray of light, a breath of fresh air and tranquility for the constantly connected and eternally wired. - Mark Grimes, founder of Ned.com and Better World Media Network
Soren Gordhamer's brave and smart book on how to stay connected (ie, mindful) while being electronically connected is a must for those whose lives tend to be on the virtual side. He's advocating an inward step to a new relationship with technology that is creative and liberating. - Joan Halifax, abbot, Upaya Zen Center
"Soren is a connector extraordinaire. He connects genuinely with people. His impressively large number of personal friends who adore him include some of the world's leading industry titans, thought leaders and wisdom masters. He connects extraordinary people together to accomplish great things, for example, pioneering what we now call the "Wisdom 2.0 Movement". In this book, he connects wisdom to business, thereby exploring the next wave of engagement, creativity, and mindfulness in business and life. Read this book, and Soren may connect you to your inner wisdom." - Chade-Meng Tan, New York Times Bestselling author of Search Inside Yourself