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Lead Yourself First

Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude

by Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin

|Bloomsbury©2017·240 pages

Solitude. It’s the secret sauce to leadership. But... In their great book Raymond Kethledge and Michael Erwin tells us: “Solitude is a state of mind, a space where you can focus on your own thoughts without distraction, with a power to bring mind and soul together in clear-eyed conviction. Like a great wave that saturates everything in its path, however, handheld devices and other media now leave us awash with the thoughts of others. We are losing solitude without even realizing it.” Big Ideas we explore include the big 4 of solitude (clarity + creativity + emotional balance + moral courage), the threats from our "Input Age," how MLK and Eisenhower used solitude, FOMO (get over it!) and how to change the world (starting with YOU!).


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About the authors

Raymond M. Kethledge
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Raymond M. Kethledge

Federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
Michael S. Erwin
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Michael S. Erwin

Founder & Executive Director. Cofounder of PosProject . Co-author of Lead Yourself First + Leadership is a Relationship.