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Doug Smith (Leading with Conviction™ 2018) has released a new book entitled The Path of Rocks and Thorns: Leadership Lessons from a Prison Cell. He recently spoke to Book Notions about the book:
Q: Would you please give a brief description of The Path Of Rocks & Thorns and discuss why now was the right time to write and release your memoir?
A: The Path of Rocks and Thorns: Leadership Lessons from a Prison Cell is a memoir disguised as a leadership book. I chronicle my descent into mental illness and addiction, experiences that very nearly cost me my life and ultimately led me to prison. In prison, I learned how to live in my own skin and experienced, for the first time, freedom from the self-defeating patterns that destroyed my career. I took that freedom with me and learned to lead as an investment in others. This is a leadership book for anyone who has fallen – experienced failure, descended into addiction, sabotaged their career.
This is a leadership book for anyone who has fallen — experienced failure …
My leadership development practice involves elevating the leadership capacity of people like me – people with addiction and mental illness histories – people who have experienced trauma – formerly incarcerated people. I noticed that the things that often hold them back in their careers are so relatable to everyone. I realized that I needed to write a book, helping people transform their own life experiences into powerful lessons of leadership. …
Q: What messages and emotions do you hope readers learn, remember, and feel after they finish reading The Path Of Rocks & Thorns?
A: I hope that people will read the book and find something for themselves. Maybe they will recognize themselves in my own self sabotage, or they might recognize their inner landscape in the self-defeating thought patterns that haunted me. Maybe they will find hope in the knowledge that fully experiencing their most uncomfortable emotions will lead them to deeper wisdom and greater self-awareness. At the end, maybe people will put the book down, open their laptops, and write their own book. That would be really cool.
Read the full interview at BookNotions.com.
Watch a recent interview with Doug Smith about his new book:
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