{"id":17,"date":"2026-10-06T18:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demos.pineclients.com\/davidlopeztheauthor\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-10-06T22:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:01:51","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demos.pineclients.com\/davidlopeztheauthor\/about-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17\" class=\"elementor elementor-17\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c8abd1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c8abd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b06bf27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b06bf27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Book<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcbaf28 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bcbaf28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd31713 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd31713\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2738d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e2738d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0df4a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0df4a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Closer Look at Leadership Through Star Wars<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95f7b17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95f7b17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Everything I Know About Leadership I Learned From Star Wars: A Primer for Business Professionals<\/em> examines leadership through three distinct approaches represented by the Jedi, Sith, and Grey Jedi. 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