Lift the Bow 280 Timeless Verses on Work, Duty, Focus and Motivation from the Gita, the Kural, the Upanishads and the Sages
Language: English
Published by Notion Press, 2026
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On the morning of the great battle, the finest archer of his age lays down his bow. His skill has not failed him; his clarity has. Every serious worker knows that moment: the looming deadline, the hard decision, the task that suddenly feels too heavy.Lift the Bow is a companion for that moment. It gathers 280 of the most powerful verses ever written on work, duty, focus and motivation, from the Bhagavad Gita, Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural, the Upanishads, the Rigveda, the Subhashitas and the great Tamil poets from Auvaiyar to Bharati.Every page offers a single verse in its original Sanskrit or Tamil script, a transliteration, a clear English rendering and a short Insight on applying it to working life today. The verses cover how to act without anxiety about results, how to plan and choose the right moment, how to lead, how to learn, and how to keep going when effort seems wasted. An index of themes lets readers turn straight to what they need, whether that is Resilience, Timing, Leadership or Focus.Read a page each morning, or open it anywhere. Two thousand years later, these lines still understand exactly what it feels like to be stuck, and they still know how to begin again. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 655.…
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- Title
- Lift the Bow 280 Timeless Verses on Work, Duty, Focus and Motivation from the Gita, the Kural, the Upanishads and the Sages
- Author
- Rajesh Kumar Krishnan
- Publisher
- Notion Press
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Softcover/Taschenbuch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798907639621
- Item weight
- 655 grams
On the morning of the great battle, the finest archer of his age lays down his bow. His skill has not failed him; his clarity has. Every serious worker knows that moment: the looming deadline, the hard decision, the task that suddenly feels too heavy.
Lift the Bow is a companion for that moment. It gathers 280 of the most powerful verses ever written on work, duty, focus and motivation, from the Bhagavad Gita, Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural, the Upanishads, the Rigveda, the Subhashitas and the great Tamil poets from Auvaiyar to Bharati.
Every page offers a single verse in its original Sanskrit or Tamil script, a transliteration, a clear English rendering and a short Insight on applying it to working life today. The verses cover how to act without anxiety about results, how to plan and choose the right moment, how to lead, how to learn, and how to keep going when effort seems wasted. An index of themes lets readers turn straight to what they need, whether that is Resilience, Timing, Leadership or Focus.
Read a page each morning, or open it anywhere. Two thousand years later, these lines still understand exactly what it feels like to be stuck, and they still know how to begin again.
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