For a long time, my relationship with words was a very private one. When I first began writing the observations that would eventually become When Attention Settles, they were simply small notes to myself. I was genuinely hesitant to share these thoughts publicly. To now see the book reach #44 in Spiritual Meditations in the US Kindle Store feels deeply humbling. My only hope was that it might offer a quiet space for a few fellow travelers. Knowing that it is reaching people,

Recently, I shared a story about a former colleague, Jeff Schmidt, whose leadership was defined by a quiet anticipation - an ability to pay such close attention to the people around him that he knew what they needed before they even asked. During my years at Bell Labs, I worked under a director named Victor Lawrence, who showed me a different, but equally powerful, version of attention. Victor was a renowned scientist carrying the immense responsibilities of a massive organiz