Victor Prince - The Camino Way: Lessons in Leadership From a Walk Across Spain

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Praise for
The Camino Way

The Camino Way offers universal life and leadership lessons. After finishing, I couldnt decide which I wanted to do first: share the book with my senior team or buy a plane ticket and start my own journey.

Scott Kubly, Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation

Rooted in history, yet highly relevant today, Victor Princes book takes readers on a journey of insight that can add value to all of our daily experiences.

Suzanne Tager, Senior Director, Retail and Consumer Goods Practice, Bain & Company

Most people have two stacks of books by their bed: books they read for work, and books they read for pleasure. The Camino Way is the only book youll read this year that could make it to both stacks.

Paul Smith, bestselling author of Lead with a Story and Sell with a Story

The Camino Way takes you on a journey you will never forget. Awesome storytelling that captures and sweeps you in while delivering great life and leadership lessons. Another outstanding book from Victor Prince!

Brigette Hyacinth, Founder and Director of the MBA Caribbean Organisation

Victor Prince not only shares valuable lessons and insights from his walk on the Camino, he goes one step further. Through his journey, he guides us to apply this newfound perspective to the most meaningful aspects of our lives. And, in doing so, we become better leaders, better parents, and better people.

Sally Tassani, President, The Strategy Forums

Let Victor Prince be your guide in this supremely engaging, lesson-packed breath of fresh air. Prince insightfully draws lessons in leadership embedded within the famed walk ranging from the power of living in each moment, to learning to ask for help, to ensuring to honor predecessors. If a Buen Camino is not on your itinerary, this book will bring you as close to the life-changing power of the vaunted walk as possible. Its like an MBA for the soul.

Scott Mautz, author of Find the Fire: Ignite Your Inspiration & Make Work Exciting Again

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LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP FROM
A WALK ACROSS SPAIN

VICTOR PRINCE

To Jos G. Valio

THIS BOOK WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF MANY WONDER ful people. My heartfelt appreciation goes out to you all.

To all the people who live, work, and volunteer along the Camino de Santiagothank you for your kindness and support to peregrinos (pilgrims).

To the nonprofit organizations supporting the Camino de Santiago and peregrinosthank you for all the work you do. To help do my part, I commit to tithe a portion of my royalties from this book to the American Pilgrims on the Camino, a nonprofit organization dedicated to that mission.

To my fellow peregrinos from around the world who were kind enough to share their Camino stories with me for this book: Adel from South Africa, Alain from France, Allan from Australia, Andi from the USA, Anja from Denmark, Anja from Germany, Anne from Australia, Antonella from Italy, Arminelle from Australia, Bill from Canada, C. from Ireland, Carl from Belgium, Carmen from Germany, Carol from the USA, Chris from Canada, Chris from the USA, Christa from the USA, Christopher from the UK, Christopher from the USA, Colm from Ireland, Daniel from Spain, Donal from Ireland, Dave from the USA, Deb from Australia, Deirdre from the USA, Derek from Scotland, Dolores from Ireland, Edna from the USA, Eileen from the USA, Eileen from the UK, Erik from the USA, Felicity from the UK, Francesca from Italy, Gail from Australia, Gemma from Ireland, Gerri from Australia, Grace from the USA, Hans from Belgium, Jackie from the USA, James from the USA, Jo Anne from the USA, Joan from Ireland, Joann from the USA, Jodi from the USA, John from the USA, John from Ireland, John from the Netherlands, Jonathan from Ireland, Judith from Australia, Kailagh from New Zealand, Karen from the USA, Kat from the USA, Kathleen from the USA, Katie from the USA, Kenneth from Belgium, L. from Canada, Larry from Australia, Leah from the USA, Lorraine from Ireland, Lysa from England, Marc from the USA, Marianne from Ireland, Mario from Germany, Maryanne from the USA, Maryjane from the USA, Michael from Ireland, Michelle from Canada, Oihana from Ireland, Ondrej from the Czech Republic, Pam from the USA, Patrick from the USA, Pearl from New Zealand, Peter from the Netherlands, Pierre from Germany, Raine from New Zealand, Roberta from Canada, Rose from South Africa, Rosie from Australia, Sandy from the USA, Shannon from Canada, Shelley from the USA, Sophie from France, Stefanie from Germany, Stephen from England, Steve from Ireland, Steve from the USA, Tammy from the USA, Tania from Canada, TC from Germany, Terry from England, Tiera from Hawaii, Texas Tim from the USA, Tina from Sweden, Tony from California, Trevor from the UK, Valerie from Canada, Wendy from Australia, and Wijnand from the Netherlands. After reading your stories, I felt like I had met each of you on the meseta and our conversation made us both forget the heat and blisters. Thank you for sharing part of your Camino with me.

To Mom and Dadfor everything.

To Tinafor the support and inspiration that make me a better writer and man.

To Team Princefor all the help clearing the way for me to write the book I kept telling you about.

To My Camino Family from the USA, the UK, Ireland, Belgium, New Zealand, Sweden, Canada, Germany, and Francefor sharing your Camino with me.

To Giles Andersonfor being my favorite literary agent.

To Anne Princefor research assistance on this book.

To Stephen S. Power, Timothy Burgard, and the AMACOM teamfor taking a chance on me and for making this book the best it could be.

To Miranda Pennington, Phil Gaskill, and the Neuwirth and Associates teamfor excellent editing and production work.

To Mike Figliuolofor teaching me how to turn an idea into a book.

To the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Indianapolis Art Center, and Karlstads Universitets bibliotekfor providing me with inspiring and productive spaces to write this book.

To The Fellas, The Four Amigos, The Brotherhood, The Gangfor many years, and many years to come, of friendship.

To all my friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors who asked me at some point how The Book was coming alongwriting a book is a lonely, uncharted trek with no guaranteed finish line. Even the smallest gestures of interest and support meant more than you realized.

Halfway along our journey to lifes end
I found myself astray in a dark wood,
Since the right way was nowhere to be found.

OPENING LINE OF DANTES INFERNO

I PEDALED ONE LAST TIME AND COASTED AS LONG AS I COULD. WHEN I stopped, I was staring across the Danube River at the stunning Hungarian Parliament building. After a month, my bucket list bicycle trip across the heart of Europe was over. I felt exhausted. I felt closure. I also felt that something was missing.