{"podcast":{"title":"Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck with David Nichtern","slug":"creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367","podcast_index_feed_id":92367,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/creativity-sprituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/creativity-sprituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/96/1c/49/15/961c4915-4613-4357-ac09-be11e7b66c05/947c0bdac7a75e85f9355ab94b78da58452763a107673871174a168a45e9cf7df31e8f5adb0c2e89027f810fe1644f065d6aab534d70c32d92357a72059340f9.jpeg","author":"Be Here Now Network","episode_count":90,"summary":"David Nichtern, founder of Dharma Moon , is a senior Buddhist teacher who has been practicing and teaching meditation for over 40 years. He was one of the initial American students of renowned meditation master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and studied closely with him soon after his arrival in the United States in 1970. He is also a business consultant with companies creating a variety of offerings integrating meditation in a larger health and well-being context – including Goldman Sachs, Journey Meditation, Creative Live, True Nature Meditation (Tokyo), Balanced Athlete, The Center for Health & Healing, Om Births, and Kobre & Kim law firm among others. He has been featured in The New York Times, FOX News, Netflix's The Midnight Gospel, Huffington Post, The Buddhist Geeks podcast, Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast, Pete Holmes' You Made it Weird Podcast, and many others. David is the author of the critically acclaimed Awakening From the Daydream: Reimagining The Buddha’s Wheel of Life and his recently released Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck . He mentors individual students both in person and online, and leads meditation teacher training programs around the world. David is…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T06:21:04.603400+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 63 –The Art of War for Modern Life with Jim Gimian","slug":"ep-63-the-art-of-war-for-modern-life-with-jim-gimian","published_at":"2026-05-26T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367/ep-63-the-art-of-war-for-modern-life-with-jim-gimian","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/f457b471-724e-47f7-a4d8-257183bbd8da.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/f457b471-724e-47f7-a4d8-257183bbd8da.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Student of The Art of War , Jim Gimian, shares how we can relate constructively to conflict and win without fighting. In this episode, David and Jim have a conversation about: The classic Chinese text,  The Art of War , by Sun Tzu The refined wisdom of understanding conflict ‘Taking Whole’: the concept of winning without fighting How leaders (and all people) can learn from The Art of War Past conflicts, karma, and vicious coincidence Being present for the opportunities that arrive Letting phenomena play rather than counteracting How the brain is hard-wired for bias and prediction Tapping into our natural connection to others Ruthlessly evaluating your biases & projections out of compassion for the bigger whole Realistically dealing with challenges without perpetuating aggression Check out Jim Gimian's course,  Rules of Victory , to learn about leadership strategies for today’s challenges from  The Art of War.  You can also inquire about getting personalized  coaching  from him! Join Dharma Moon’s for their 100-hour course on teaching mindfulness meditation  About Jim Gimian: James Gimian has been studying and teaching The Art of War (the Sun Tzu Bing Fa ) since 1980. He served as the general editor of the best-selling translation The Art of War: The Denma Translation (2001) which received critical acclaim from military officers, business leaders, and Asian Studies scholars. Gimian followed that with The Rules of Victory: How to Transform Chaos and Conflict—Strategies from the Art of War (2008), co-authored with Barry Boyce. Gimian has been presenting lessons from the Art of War to business and non-profit leaders in North America, Australia, and Europe since 1985. His work takes the form of seminars, leadership training programs, c…","meta_description":"Student of The Art of War , Jim Gimian, shares how we can relate constructively to conflict and win without fighting. 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