# Scott Eblin: Leadership Presence: Reclaiming Attention Through Mindfulness and Intentional Routines | #209

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Podcast: [The Vision Architect](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vision-architect-7766066)
Published: 2026-06-10T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/ca108fc0
Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/ca108fc0/0bea1acf.mp3
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## Resource

Leaders at every level feel the crush of constant demands, overflowing calendars, and the pressure to push harder. The problem isn't a lack of ambition—it's a lack of presence. When you're trapped in chronic fight-or-flight mode, judgment erodes, relationships become purely transactional, and the very behaviors that made you successful start to hold you and your team back. This episode delivers a practical blueprint for breaking that cycle. Executive coach and author Scott Eblin joins Simon to unpack what genuine leadership presence actually requires: not more hours, but the ability to strategically disengage and renew. Eblin introduces his core definition of mindfulness as awareness plus intention, and walks through the Three Types of Engagement (transient, transactional, transformational)—a framework for diagnosing where your attention actually goes during interactions. The conversation also explores the Life GPS , a one-page planning system built on three questions: How are you at your best? What routines support that? What outcomes do you expect to see? Rather than offering more to-do list items, the episode shows that the most powerful lever for overwhelmed leaders is often the simplest: three deep belly breaths to activate the parasympathetic nervous system before the next meeting. By shifting from being the "go-to person" to the leader who builds a team of go-to people, executives can scale their impact without scaling their stress. Highlights Reclaim attention by asking two questions before every meeting: What am I trying to do here? and How do I need to show up? Shift from "go-to person" to leader who builds a team of go-to people—letting go multiplies impact, not diminishes it. Use three cycles of deep belly breathing between meetings to activate the parasymp…

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