Profit with Presence

“This book is one of the few books you’ll ever read that has the potential to profoundly and positively impact every aspect of your life. Life-changing! I plan to gift it to everyone I care about.” — Steve Wiley, author, speaker, and founder, The Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg “How do you make a difference, make a profit, and live a life of purpose? Dr. Eric Holsapple shows you the way in Profit with Presence. It’s a must-read guide for any leader.”

— Larry Kendall, author of Ninja Selling

“A powerful and practical personal road map for those of us who are inspired to use business and business education for a better world.”

— Dr. Beth A. Walker, dean, College of Business, Colorado State University

“This book is long overdue. In a world where businesses are increasingly called to pursue profits with purpose, Profit with Presence sheds light on the hidden value of practicing mindfulness as the key to achieving this goal. Through a series of personal experiences and evidence-based inquiry, Eric Holsapple shows how the practice of mindfulness can improve our daily lives and result in large scale changes at the organizational and system level. Be present is the answer!”

— Sanjay Ramchander, dean, McCoy College of Business at Texas State University

“To reap the rewards in the business of life, you must be present to win. Profit with Presence builds a gentle but sturdy bridge between two dimensions of modern life that can appear seemingly at odds: mindfulness and money. Dr. Holsapple skillfully shows us how to open commerce between our inner self and the outer world, creating a wealth mentality that profits anyone willing to do the inner work. Make no mistake about it: Holsapple means business! Take up this book, and you will be richer for it.”

— Andrew Holecek, spiritual teacher, author of Dream Yoga

“Eric is a gifted leader and teacher. I have learned countless lessons from him which have helped me realize incredible joy and fulfillment in my life and business. This book will help anyone who wants to make a valuable contribution in their life!”

— Eric Thompson, president of Colorado Professionals, Windermere Real Estate

“Dr. Eric Holsapple offers deep insights from his many years of truth-seeking and personal development. His book is a must-read if you are looking for a unique perspective and practical pathway to greater peace and prosperity.”

— Dr. Joe Parent, best-selling author of Zen Golf; A Walk in the Wood: Meditations on Mindfulness with a Bear Named Pooh; and many other works

“The growth Eric has achieved both mentally and physically and written down so clearly throughout this entire book has made those close to him grow beside him. We all will forever be grateful.”

— Don Marostica, former Loveland City Council Member, former Colorado state representative, former director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

“Profit with Presence exceeded my expectations! This book has provided a framework, with detailed examples—that will have a lifelong impact on anyone who reads it. One of the quotes—‘Transformation means the only thing that’s permanent is your state of mind, until you say otherwise’—is one of many impactful lessons learned here. I would recommend this to everyone on my leadership team."

—Chad McWhinney, cofounder and executive chairman, McWhinney Real Estate Services

“Eric Holsapple has created a bridge between spirituality and materialism that has never been thought or dreamt of. This is an oasis of an open heart for those who have spent their time only calculating numbers and money, and an amazing gift of practicality and opportunity to create money for those we have only lived philosophically.“

— Ray Crist, founder of the Jaguar Path, School of Yoga and Shamanism

"In Profit with Presence, Eric weaves together his vast leadership experience, extensive business knowledge, and years of dedicated mindfulness practice—providing readers with the motivating tools, clear vision, and strategic planning tools necessary to thrive as a mindful leader. Read this book to begin enhancing your affluence, influence, and inner peace."

— Larissa Hall Carlson, M.A. Mindfulness Studies, Ayurvedic yoga specialist, Ayurvedic practitioner

“I love Dr. Holsapple’s practical and useful techniques for mindfulness in leadership. He describes a path for practical mindfulness to reduce stress, reduce overthinking, improving decision-making, and increasing creativity while also improving profit, and increasing employee well-being.”

— Tina Kuhn, author of The Manager's Communication Toolkit and The E Suite: Empathetic Leadership for the Next Generation of Executives

“I’ve been blessed to know Eric for over thirty-five years and Profit with Presence perfectly captures his journey and provides inspiration for the rest of us to improve our lives through the Twelve Pillars of Mindful Leadership. In a world fraught with senseless violence and conflict, the Pillars demonstrate that success in business and life can rise about the chaos we all encounter. The world needs mindful leadership now more than ever and I know that Profit with Presence will positively impact the leaders of today and more importantly, the future.”

— Bruce James, shareholder, former CEO, and managing partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

"In Profit With Presence, Dr. Eric Holsapple shows us that commercial and material success need not be at odds with living a mindful, intensely present life. Presence can create abundance in all facets of our lives and in all types of organizations. Truly a must-read."

— Devin Ferrey, partner, FR corp

“A book I wish I had an opportunity to read forty years ago when I was launching my own quest for success and achievement as a leader in the military and later in business! Dr. Eric Holsapple convincingly argues that one need not face a choice between Presence and Mindfulness and the tenets of success. It’s never too late to get started, and this book delivers the framework to do so!”

— Brigadier General Rob Carmichael, USA, retired, chief strategy officer, Maine Savings FCU

"Mindfulness does not only live in yoga studios or in solitude. Holsapple demonstrates that it is crucial for a healthy workplace and intentional leader.”

—Faisal Hoque, Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of Lift and Everything Connects

"The bibliography, in and of itself, is a gold mine for all those who aspire to lead with presence. But this book is not just a wealth of information, it is based on wisdom from years of application. Everything offered has been processed and applied directly to Eric’s life and leadership experience as a CEO. If it’s in this book, it’s been tested and verified. This new paradigm for leadership and business is exactly what is needed most in the world now. Eric’s method will save you decades of time and place you right on the cutting edge."

— Michael Jospé, founder and president, Earth-Based Institute

"Offers a plethora of high-focus processes to achieve knowing oneself, creating a purpose, and manifesting one’s calling. Dr. Holsapple creates a business-profit application with an active structure of principles and activities to manifest and fulfill: ‘To thine own self be true.’”

— Roger Strachan, PhD, founder, Center of Creative Choice and Wilderness Encounters

“Much has been written on leadership and on the power of presence, but little has been written on the power of blending them. In this stunning book, Dr. Eric Holsapple shares his experiential journey of combining the two. In practical ways, Eric lays out that our work, our life, and our spiritual practice can be an integrated cohesive whole, instead of seemingly disconnected fragments. This book is not theoretical; it’s a street-tested spiritual work path.”

— Fred Shoemaker, author of Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible

“As someone who has been in leadership almost my entire career, Eric has challenged me to think outside the box I’ve been living in. WOW! What a thought-provoking, powerful ride through areas many have not explored or don’t know how to. Thank you for this must-read, Profit with Presence."

— John Reed, CEO, Maine Savings Federal Credit Union

“Dr Holsapple’s approach to mindfulness in business, Profit with Presence, is a practical guide that challenges and empowers us readers to make the differences we know the world needs. The optimism embedded in his methods provides an inspirational boost to manifest positive and lasting change in ourselves and the world around us, both in our professional and personal lives.”

— Josh Beard, partner and manager, liquor store services

“Profit with Presence is precisely what the world needs now. As our political, social, and economic systems tell us we are more divided than ever, Profit with Presence tells us otherwise. And more importantly, it gives practical tools to tap into that interconnectedness, to overcome the constraints of daily life to live more intentionally, more mindfully, and all-around better lives. As business leaders, elected officials, and other community leaders, Eric's book is a lens through which, individually, we can get there; then collectively work to make the world more united.”

— Leah Johnson, former elected official, author of Finding Fantastic Joy

“Profit with Presence opened my eyes to the benefit of living life with purpose without feeling bad about economic and material successes. After reading and reflecting on Dr. Holsapple’s Twelve Pillars of Mindful Leadership, I have a clear understanding, and peace, about accepting others’ perspectives, and the grace to work with them. A must-read for CEOs and a great mind asset for any stage of their career.”

— Christopher R. King, president and CEO, DPC Companies

“Dr. Holsapple has created a pathway for those of us in business who are looking for something beyond profit—not to ignore or forget profit, but to go beyond being driven solely by profit. Going beyond the way we normally operate, which is to bring Presence and our full Selves to our work. Very grateful for this work being brought more and more into the mainstream. It is a conversation that is needed and this book is a powerful piece of that.”

— Aaron Hendon, managing broker, eXp Realty