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My name is Maria Gonzalez and I'm the author of Mindful Leadership, the Nine Ways to Self-Awareness, transforming Yourself and Inspiring Others. Every single one of us has the potential to be a mindful leader, and before you think that, that doesn't apply to me, let me give you a definition of. To me, a leader is someone who's in a position for any period of time to influence another person.

That includes absolutely every one of us, whether it's a child, someone that's retired, a business leader, a prime minister of a country, every single one of us, every single day has the opportunity to influence another. So that essentially defines leadership. But what is mindful leadership? Well, mindful leadership is actually a choice.