THIS BOOK WAS BORN when AMACOM’s Stephen Power showed great faith in me and my subject. So thanks to Stephen, as well as to AMACOM’s Ellen Kadin for her compassion and editorial insight and to her entire team of power rangers without whom this book would not be possible.
For his patience, courage to both listen and argue without judgment, and his mastery of the craft I would also like to thank Bruce Wexler.
The more I learn, the more I realize I have yet to learn and am so eternally appreciative of the entire list of mentors, coaches, clients, friends, and top 1% of A+ executive leaders all of whom remind me every single day that in business and in life, leadership and love are the highest calling for the life that is inside of us. This list includes but is not limited to Tony Robbins, Keith Cunningham, Richard Johnson, Martin Babinec, Thilo Semmelbauer, Mary Lou Song, Aditi Javeri Gokhale, Irv Grousbeck, Liza Landsman, Peter Diamandis, Joe Williams, and Dan Sullivan.
To Barb, Liam, Ryan, and Clover: For your encouragement, support, occasional earful, and most of all for endowing me with the richness of all that is beautiful in life, I am grateful.
And, of course, for the divine intelligence that connects us all, I am so grateful.