INSIGHTS
Where Harvard Rigor Meets Ancient Wisdom.
Articles, research, and conversations on leadership, consciousness, business, neuroscience, and what it means to perform at your best without losing your soul.
INVITED THOUGHT LEADER
Abundance Without Attachment
Symposium at the Home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In 2015, Paresh was invited to Dharamsala, India, to join 38 global thought leaders at a two-day symposium hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the American Enterprise Institute. The theme: how to create a world of abundance and peace that works for everyone.
Paresh served on the first panel alongside an Indian Member of Parliament, discussing the question: What is a meaningful life in the midst of poverty?
PARESH SHAH AT THE SYMPOSIUM
“If we see wealth as energy it has to flow. We have to share it and as we share it, more comes. We are vessels for sharing wealth with which to lift, heal, and inspire others.”
What we learn is that our inner world shapes our outer world. Through our own emotional hygiene we can touch everyone.
— Paresh Shah, AEI Symposium, Dharamsala, 2015
Leadership & Teams
The inner game of outer performance. What it takes to lead at the highest level without losing yourself.
Conscious Business
Building and scaling organizations that are purpose-driven, strategically rigorous, and genuinely human.
Mindfulness & Neuroscience
What the science actually says about performance, resilience, decision-making, and the mind under pressure.
AI & The Human Edge
What artificial intelligence cannot replicate — and why developing that uniquely human capacity matters now more than ever.
PUBLISHED WORK
Articles across Entrepreneur, Inc., Forbes, and beyond.
A selection of Paresh’s published writing on leadership, consciousness, business, and the intersection of all three. Each links to the original publication.
ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE
5 Ways to Be Present With Your Startup, Not Pestered By It
The line between being mindfully engaged and completely consumed by your startup can become hazy over time. Presence is what keeps you going.
CEO WORLD MAGAZINE
Learn to Fly: Leadership Lessons From an Amazing Foo Fighters Concert
What a rock concert teaches about energy, presence, and what it actually means to perform at your peak. Dave Grohl didn’t teach me this at Harvard. But he taught me something Harvard couldn’t.
INC. MAGAZINE
10 Ways to Get Out of a Funk in 15 Minutes
It’s all about mind over matter. We all have off days. Here’s how to take an off-day and turn it into a productive one — fast. I have an electric guitar in my office for exactly this reason.
EMPOWERING PARENTS
Raising a Well-Rounded Child Doesn’t Work (and What to Do Instead)
The conventional wisdom about child development is wrong in a specific, important way. What actually works — and what it teaches us about developing people in any context.
LINKED2LEADERSHIP
Why Parenting Is the Best Leadership Training
No budget. No authority. Constant chaos. And you still have to inspire, develop, and get results. Parenting is the hardest leadership role there is — and the most instructive.
EO NETWORK
The Unexpected ROI of Authentic Self-Expression
What happens to your business when you stop performing and start being real. The numbers may surprise you. The freedom definitely will.
SMARTBRIEF
You Don’t Have to Choose Between People and Profit
The false choice that has driven business strategy for decades. The leaders who reject it are winning. Conscious business is not idealism — it’s competitive advantage.
MANHATTAN BEACH CHAMBER
Holiday Mindfulness Tips
The holiday season is the hardest time to stay present — and the most important. Practical tools for staying grounded when everything around you is moving fast.
Clay Christensen Was a Giant in at Least 4 Ways
A tribute to one of the most important thinkers in business. What made Clayton Christensen genuinely different — and what leaders can take from his life as much as his work.
IDEAMENSCH — INTERVIEW
“Playing and jumping often give me the inspiration — something they didn’t teach me at Harvard Business School”
A profile interview on how Paresh works, what fuels his thinking, and why the most important things he has learned did not come from a classroom.
ADDICTED TO SUCCESS
4 Yoga Principles That Will Make You Unstoppable in Business
The mat and the boardroom are not as different as you think. Four ancient principles that translate directly into how you lead, decide, and perform under pressure.
Breakthrough or Boondoggle? A 15-Point Assessment
Before you commit the next year of your life to a big idea, run it through this. A rigorous diagnostic for distinguishing real opportunity from expensive distraction.
FROM THE PODCAST
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Real conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, and thinkers who are doing something worth talking about.
PODCAST EPISODE
Radical Giving Drives Loyalty
Matt Wagner of Client Focus on how radical generosity creates unbreakable customer loyalty — and why most businesses get this completely backwards.
PODCAST EPISODE
Lifting Through Corporate Structures
Megan Rast on how to lead meaningful change from inside large organizations — without getting crushed by the machine or losing your mind in the process.
PODCAST EPISODE
Activated Diversity and Innovation
Petr Kucharyavvy on why true diversity is a driver of real innovation — and what it looks like when organizations actually get this right.
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