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Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Eric Kaufman.

Eric guides leaders to make better decisions and achieve better results.

He's consulted for hundreds of leaders, including executives and teams at Sony, T-Mobile, Genentech,

Alcon Labs, and Tara Dada.

He's the founder and president of Sagatica Inc.

and serves on the board of the San Diego Zen Center.

Which sounds true, he's the author of the book

and the audio book, The Four Virtues of a Leader,

navigating the Hero's journey through risk to results.

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Eric and I spoke about the hero's journey of leadership as a spiraling movement in his own life, beginning

with leaving the familiar and going after a great prize, then encountering challenges and risks that demand personal sacrifices, and then finally

sharing the hard-earned prize with one's community.

We talked about the impact of his Zen practice on his work with leaders and the year that he spent

in solitary retreat, what he discovered and how he emerged as a different person.

And finally, we talked about the four virtues he discusses in his new book,

The Four Virtues of Leader, focus, courage, grit, and faith.

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