Clarity & Purpose
A clear mind, focused energy, and a life led with purpose. Dandapani brings this work to YPO chapters and forums around the world through keynotes, workshops and retreats.
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Thirteen years with YPO
In October 2013, the Western Australia chapter of YPO invited Dandapani, the international keynote speaker, to lead a morning workshop in Perth. He has been working with YPO ever since.
YPO members respond to this work for a simple reason: it is practical. No theory to admire, no philosophy to file away. These are tools to use the same day. As one YPO friend puts it, “He doesn’t talk religion, just life.” That is why chapters from Nairobi to Colombo, Berlin to Brisbane, and across North America have brought him in to work with their members.
In recent years the relationship has deepened. Forums started traveling to him. Chapters have held their retreats with Dandapani in Costa Rica, and forums now make the journey to his 33-acre spiritual sanctuary in Nosara for an in-depth, personalized experience of the teachings and tools.
From Perth to Nairobi to Washington, D.C.
The chapters keep calling him back.
In a network built on peer trust, a repeat invitation is the one review that cannot be bought.
Three teachings, built for your members
Unwavering Focus
Focus is not a gift some people are born with. It is a skill, and almost no one has ever been taught it. Dandapani shows members how the mind actually works, then trains them to concentrate it at will: on the decision, on the negotiation, on the person across the table. The return arrives quickly. Sharper decision-making, deeper relationships at work and at home, and a steady release from the anxiety, stress and distraction that come from an untrained mind. Members leave with simple daily exercises that take minutes to practice and hold for years.
The 50-Year Plan
Every member of your chapter has a strategic plan for their company. Very few have one for their life. Dandapani walks members through defining their life’s purpose, then building a 50-year plan around it, with priorities that decide what receives their time, energy and money, and what no longer does. For members leading family enterprises, he extends the horizon to the 300-year plan: a legacy designed to outlive its founder. Members leave knowing what they are building beyond the business, and with a framework their spouse and children can be part of.
The Inner Life of a Leader
Success answers many questions and raises the deeper ones. Is this all there is? What is my life actually for? Dandapani answers as few can: a Hindu priest, a former monk of ten years, and an entrepreneur who built his company in New York City. He shows members how to bring spirituality into the demands of business and family life, without fluff and without dogma. Members learn to define what a spiritual life means to them, whatever their tradition, to build a simple daily practice that fits a leader’s morning, and to guard energy for the inner life. A business is not an obstacle to a spiritual life. Engineered rightly, it funds one.
Four ways chapters work with him
Many chapters begin with a half-day workshop and grow into deeper formats such as a chapter retreat. Washington, D.C. hosted him for a talk. Two years later, the chapter was on retreat with him in Costa Rica.
Beyond YPO
“In a world dominated by distraction, this book is a timely reminder of the value of focused attention.”Adam Grant · #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again
“Both profound and practical, The Power of Unwavering Focus will lead you on a journey to reclaim your life and live it with joy and purpose.”Arthur C. Brooks · Harvard professor, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“For the first time in my life, I’m enjoying making my bed in the morning. Thanks, Dandapani!” · Tim Ferriss
In their words
I have sat through hundreds upon hundreds of presentations in my life. Yours was one of the best. You are humble, real and genuine. I can count on one hand how many people I have met like you. Your talk defined purpose for many of my recent business and life decisions.
In the two weeks since, I have reread ‘Unwavering Focus’ almost daily. Multitasking is becoming a thing of the past. My concentration has increased, and with it my awareness. Improving 1% a day is so much more rewarding, and some days the 1% is significantly more.
The half-day workshop on achieving unwavering focus was both captivating and enlightening. Our chapter gained valuable insights and practical exercises. The workshop was unanimously rated a perfect 10/10, and we have agreed as a chapter to host a third event with him in the future.
See him in the room
Five minutes with him says more than any page. See what your members would experience.
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On stages around the world.
Scenes from keynotes and workshops with some of the world's leading companies and organizations.
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