About Minda

More than a million entrepreneurs and business leaders read Minda Zetlin’s online column The Laid-Back Leader every month at Inc. magazine. She’s inspired audiences as large as 3,000 or as small as a boardroom with insights on happiness at work, productivity, mindfulness, and building the relationships that deliver success.

She is former president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and a contributor to CNBC.com, Business Insider, and CIO.com, among many others. She lives in Snohomish County, Washington. with her husband Bill Pfleging, a large collection of guitars, and two cats.


Her newest book, Career Self-Care: Find Your Happiness, Success, and Fulfillment at Work, grew out of her Inc. column. It’s centered on the counterintuitive truth that taking care of your own true needs is the path to a successful career–and a happy life. Career Self-Care is available from New World Library and wherever books are sold.