The Mindful Leader: Ten Principle For Bringing Out the Best in Ourselves and Others

by Michael Carroll

A couple of years ago, Michael visited Lemuria for his book Awake at Work to a packed house. Awake at Work is helpful reading for anyone wanting to get more out of their day’s labor–especially in every aspect of contribution to self, business and job.

In October of 2007, Carroll came out with a new book about bringing out the talents of leadership while cultivating mindfulness in our job and growing a business that has the best interests of everyone at heart.

Even though Mindful Leader is written more for the corporate job structure, the book challenged and inspired me to come up with some new ideas on how to make Lemuria a better bookstore.

Here is just one quote of many which I marked from the chapter on “Authenticity Leadership”:

“If we are going to synchronize with our world and be at home, we will have to trust ourselves to lead with our heart without scripts, deals and preparation. In fact, our gentleness is how we step in over our head and take on life’s problems and joys, challenges and passions…such tenderness is precisely the courage we hope to inspire in others.”

I have two hopes after reading Michael’s new one:

  1. He will visit Lemuria again.
  2. He will add a book not just on good work or good leadership but also one about good small business to his canon.
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