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Raf Adams

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Born

in Belgium

Website

https://www.suitedmonk.com

Twitter

https://twitter.com/suited_monk

Genre

Spirituality, Philosophy, Self Help

Member Since

June 2012

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Raf Adams is a global thought leader, practical philosopher, author, speaker and executive coach based in Sydney, and the founder of The Suited Monk, a new philosophy for living and leading. After a corporate career in shipping and logistics across Belgium, China and Hong Kong, he lost his job in 2008 and started asking a bigger question: why does success so often leave us feeling empty? His answer is the Gap, the space between who you are and how you live, and closing it is where inner peace starts.

Raf is an ICA Certified Executive Coach and TEDx speaker. He wrote The Suited Monk, published in English, Chinese and Spanish, and co-wrote Suited Monk Leadership with Mike J. Thompson. He also co-founded Project Peace, an education not-for-prof ...more

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Lost Your Job? What to Do With Your Life Now

If you’ve just typed “lost my job what now” into a search bar at 2am, I reckon you’re not really asking about CVs.

You’re asking something bigger. Who am I now? Where am I going? What was all that for?

I’ve been there. In 2008 I lost my job in China, and it turned out to be the moment my life actually started. So this isn’t a list of ten tips for what to do after losing your job. It’s a story, and a

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Average rating: 4.07 · 29 ratings · 5 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Suited Monk: Finding Your Life's Purpose and True Happiness 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suited Monk Leadership: Leading with Wisdom and Purpose in a Complex and Uncertain World by Raf Adams (Goodreads Author), Mike Thompson 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Suited Monk: A Guide to Life Purpose and Happiness 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El monje con traje: Buscando tu propósito en la vida y la verdadera felicidad 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suited Monk Leadership by Raf Adams (Goodreads Author), Mike J. Thompson (Co-Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Sometimes there is so much external noise going around that we lose ourselves in the process.”
― Raf Adams, The Suited Monk: Finding Your Life's Purpose and True Happiness

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“Life is easy but life is not easy. Which message is for the mind and which one for the heart. That is the ultimate question”
― The Suited Monk

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“A genius is someone who allows us to see things and realise. Something we didn't realise before. Children are geniuses. We were all children once”
― The Suited Monk

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“Sin, but sin lawfully.”
― The Suited Monk

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“What is the meaning of life, is the same answer to the question, what is the meaning of leadership.”
― Raf Adams - The Suited Monk

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“We have so much knowledge, but so little understanding.”
― Raf Adams, The Suited Monk: Finding Your Life's Purpose and True Happiness

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