FAQ's Q. You guys have the same last name. Are you really brothers? A. Yes--really! Tim's older (by about 18 months). Q. So who is this Lao Tzu guy? A. A very wise person who lived in China about 2500 years ago. A very cool guy. Light-years ahead of his time.

Q. Can you come and speak to our group?

A. We'd be glad to! Please visit our "Appearances" page for more details! You can download Tim's Speaker Sheet here.

Q. Why did you write this book?

A. Tim: I wrote this book because our world is at a tipping point. We are a global community and we need to decide ... together ... whether our children's children will survive or whether we will leave them a legacy of violence and a shattered ecosystem. Today's leaders will play an important role in this outcome, so when I saw the opportunity to combine Lao Tzu's brilliant leadership insights with Patrick's powerful photographs, I jumped at the chance.

Pat: It was pretty organic. I was showing Tim my pictures one day and we got to talking. Well, one thing lead to another ...

Q. There are many versions of the Tao Te Ching out there. Is this one special?

A. Tim: Absolutely! Our use of urban photography and an integral interpretation has never been done before. Patrick's fascinating photographs teach us that we do not need to escape to the forests and mountains to discover the Eternal, or what Chinese philosophy refers to as the Tao. Viewing Patrick's images, we learn that Tao is right here, right now, amidst the concrete and traffic lights, the cubicles and paperwork that comprise life in the great cities throughout the world.

 Pat: This is a one-of-a-kind book. Rather than reprinting Lao Tzu's words verbatim, the exciting thing we've done is to create a modern interpretation of the Tao Te Ching. We have respectfully updated Master Lao’s words in order to apply the spirit of his words to the global realities that face us here in the 21st century.

 Q. That's  a pretty broad topic! Does Tim specialize in any particular area of Integral Leadership?

Q. How did two brothers write one book together?

A. Tim: Very carefully! Patrick and I have been talking about leadership for years now, so this book was a natural extension of that on-going conversation. Plus, since Patrick did the photos and I did the words, I think we had a pretty cool division of labor going.

Pat: It was fun! We're both cyber-geeks, so we were emailing back and forth and sending links to one another. I think writing this book together gave us both an even better understanding of leadership.