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I believe in adaptation.

I believe in a sliver lining.

I believe that being flexible keeps me going.

I believe every single person deserves to be acknowledged.

This I believe.

Today for our series “This, I believe”, we hear from Randy Komisar, from the San francisco bay area.Komisar is the former CEO of software and gaming companies like Clares, Lukas Arts Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics. Now he works as a consultant or someone call him a guru in Silicon Valley. Here is our series curator , independent producer, Jay Allison.

When Randy Komisar’s hired by companies to help solve their problems, He tries also to help them bridge the gap between financial success and making a positive impact on society. That’s sometimes a hard message to hear for what he calls Type-A young MBAs on the make, like he was twenty years ago. Here is Randy Komisar with his essay for"This I believe".

I believe in the transformative power of belief itself, that we express our true nature based not upon what we know but what we believe in.

The stronger my beliefs, the less there is for me to get in the way. The less there is  of me, the more room there is for everything else in life.

I work closely with entrepreneurs, to help guide them and their ideas. My earlier career was typical Type-A, an ambitious Harvard lawyer on the rise, who moves to Silicon Valley during The Go-Go Years to help start and run a succession of companies. It took plenty of ego to persevere , and I was up to the task.

But something strange happened along the way. I tripped; I realized I was all-head, no heart; all drive, no passion. I was on the fast track to who-knows-where. But I was increasingly unhappy.

So I parachuted out of a perfectly good company and started down a different path. I began by looking for where I had misled my passion. I studied with a Zen teacher, and studied an odyssey(冒险旅行) of self-discovery which continues today.

And I reinvented my work around creativity. I love entrepreneurs and innovation. And I decided to piece together a new role, working with entrepreneurs to help them create the future.

This of course was a challenge. I was used to the story being about me. But now it was about them. I was most successful when I faded into the woodwork and my proteges took the limelight.

This seemingly small nuance(微妙之处) turned out to be the door that let the whole world in. It was not just making room for the people I worked with. It was making room for everything, my family and friends, dog’s bark, a warm breeze, the crackle of lightning.

Certain eastern philosophies interpret the world as a blend of form and emptiness. "Form"is the world we know through our five senses, the world of struggling and suffering. But emptiness is not what it seems. To the senses it is a void. But when the senses retreat in confusion, emptiness illuminates with compassion and insight.

In truth, we live in both worlds and I believe that is the ability, the willingness to bridge these worlds until they are one. To engage both mind and heart, that makes this life so precious.

For the longest time, I was skeptical that seeing was believing. But now that I understand the seeing is done with eyes closed, and heart open, I'm a true believer.

And I take comfort that we are what we believe, because it means I can change. I am not the person I was twenty years ago, or last year, or yesterday. So long as I make plenty of room in my life for the rest of the world and allow my beliefs to evolve with my experience. For that, I’m eternally grateful.

Randy Komisar,with his essay for<This I Believe>.To keep himself focused on his belief.Komisar says he has been meditating everyday for the last thirteen years. We hope you might consider submitting your essay to our series, visit NPR.org/thisIbelieve, to find out more and to sign up for our podcast. For this I believe, I am Jay Allison.

Jay Allison is co-editor with Dan Gediman,John Gregory and Viki Merrick of the new book “This I believe volume two” , more personal philosophies of remarkable men and women.

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