And welcome back to Franklin Covey's On Leadership Podcast.

My name is Scott Miller and I'm privileged each week to serve as your host and interviewer.

You may know me also as the author of numerous books, including the book series based on

this podcast called Master Mentors, 30 transformative insights from our greatest minds where

with Harper Collins and Franklin Covey, I have a 10 year 10 book series where I'm writing

each year a new volume based on 30 interviews from that year where I think the guest brought

to the table a transformational insight.

Perhaps it was a business tight and a best selling author.

Someone who perhaps was a celebrity or survived a trauma or traumatic experience or did

some research and can share their insights with us to make us better leaders, colleagues,

friends, parents, neighbors, committee members, you name it, I've just released volume two

with 30 new insights from 30 new guests on our way to 10 volumes in the series, fast,

easy, breezy chicken soup for the leadership soul kind of book.

I hope you'll pick up a copy, an audio video, digital and in print available bookstores

anywhere you like, including at litvideobooks.com.

Each week we interview amazing authors and insightful researchers today is the literary

titan, the Swedish author.

His name is Thomas Erickson, he wrote a book you probably have wanted to buy or perhaps

have bought rather, called Surrounded by Idiots.

He's also written books in the similar genre, Surrounded by psychopaths, Surrounded by bad

bosses, Surrounded by setbacks, Surrounded by narcissists.

He is the master of the series, Thomas Erickson, joining us today from Sweden, welcome to

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