Today, something quietly monumental happened. My new book, The Tri-Intelligence Leadership: Mastering IQ, EQ, and SQ, was launched in India. No champagne towers or confetti explosions, just a deep exhale of relief and meaning. The kind of moment when you realise a dream has turned into something tangible—ink on paper, ready to meet strangers who might, for a few hours, see the world through your eyes.
Writing this book was never about becoming an author. It was about decoding a tension that has followed me through years of coaching leaders, entrepreneurs, and seekers: why do people with razor-sharp intellects still falter in relationships, purpose, or peace? Why do emotionally intelligent individuals sometimes lack courage or clarity? Why do spiritually aware people struggle with practicality?
It turns out that intelligence, on its own, is rarely enough.
The Illusion of the One-Dimensional Mind
Society has long romanticised the “smart” leader. High IQ, sharp logic, impressive credentials—the usual parade of merit. Yet, in my years of coaching executives, I’ve watched brilliance crumble under emotional immaturity. I’ve seen leaders make million-rupee decisions with precision, then destroy trust with a careless sentence.
We live in a world that trains us to perform, not to understand ourselves. Our education systems worship cognitive achievement but forget the subtler arts of empathy, balance, and inner stillness. Intelligence has become a competitive sport rather than a mirror of consciousness.
When I began shaping The Tri-Intelligence Leadership, I wanted to disturb that comfort. I wanted readers to see that real intelligence cannot exist without emotional depth and spiritual grounding.
The Journey from the Head to the Heart
There’s a story I often share with my coaching clients. Years ago, I was consulting for a CEO who could slice through complex strategies faster than most people could tie a shoelace. Yet, every conversation about his team ended in irritation. One day, I asked him a simple question: “When was the last time you listened without preparing your reply?”
He went silent. That silence said everything.
That moment became the seed of this book. Because leadership, at its core, is relational. You cannot lead people if you don’t understand their humanity. You cannot understand humanity if you haven’t faced your own. And you can’t face your own humanity with just logic—it takes feeling, reflection, and sometimes, pain.
Where the Soul Enters the Boardroom
In a world addicted to performance, spiritual intelligence (SQ) might sound like an indulgence. But I have found it to be the hidden engine behind wise leadership. It’s not about religion, incense, or detachment; it’s about alignment. When a person’s values, actions, and sense of meaning are synchronised, they move through the world with clarity and grace.
During one of my retreats, a participant once said, “I finally understand that I don’t need to climb the ladder. I need to know why I’m climbing it.” That line could have been the subtitle of this book.
Spiritual intelligence invites us to question not only what we achieve, but why we’re achieving it. It helps us see success not as a trophy but as a state of integrity.
The Writing Process: Equal Parts Therapy and Battle
Writing The Tri-Intelligence Leadership was, for me, both therapy and battleground. Some days, the words flowed like a confession. Other days, I sat in front of the screen, paralysed by the fear that I was writing something too idealistic for a cynical world.
But the truth is, I wrote this book because I’m tired of cynicism being mistaken for intelligence. I’ve met too many people who think being analytical means being detached, or that kindness dilutes strength. I wanted to write something that reclaims depth and feeling as essential tools for leadership, not liabilities.
The world doesn’t need more perfect leaders; it needs more integrated ones.
A Book for the Thinkers Who Feel, and the Feelers Who Think
If you’ve ever felt torn between your logic and your emotions, this book is for you. If you’ve ever succeeded outwardly but felt an inner hollowness, it’s for you too. The Tri-Intelligence Leadership is an exploration of how the three intelligences—intellectual, emotional, and spiritual—cooperate when we allow them to.
I believe that IQ builds competence, EQ builds connection, and SQ builds conscience. A leader with all three doesn’t just manage teams; they inspire evolution.
And yet, it’s not a self-help manual. It’s more of an invitation—to examine what kind of intelligence governs your choices, your leadership, and your life.
The Indian Launch and Beyond
It feels symbolic that this book begins its life in India—a country of contradictions, intellect, emotion, and spirituality colliding every day. I’ve always believed India is not merely a geography but a consciousness. Its chaos teaches patience, its beauty teaches humility. Perhaps that’s why this book needed to start here.
For readers outside India, the wait is just a few more days. The global listings on Amazon.com, Kindle, Google Play, and Kobo are on their way. But the real journey, I hope, begins when readers start applying the tri-intelligence model not as theory, but as reflection.
The Larger Question
As I hold the first printed copy, I find myself asking: what if intelligence was never meant to be a weapon, but a bridge? What if our smartest acts are not those that dominate the world, but those that heal it?
I don’t claim to have the answers. But I do know this—until we learn to lead with all three centres of intelligence, our progress will remain incomplete.
Maybe, in a quiet way, this book is my rebellion against the idea that leadership is about control. I believe it’s about coherence. About being human, fully and unapologetically, in a world that keeps asking us to fragment ourselves.
That’s what The Tri-Intelligence Leadership really stands for. And that’s the conversation I hope it starts.
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