Your leadership is temporary. Your legacy is timeless. This book has one mission: to increase your probability of success in leadership— for yourself, your people, and your organization — through the disciplined practice of Mindfulness Intelligence (MiQ). Most leaders don't lack mindfulness—they lack a system for applying mindfulness intelligently when it matters. In chaos, you don’t rise to your position — you fall to your level of trained MiQ. Legacy-first leadership is awareness in action. This work introduces the full MiQ framework — what it is, why it matters, how to apply it, and how it produces outcomes that matter — performance, culture, and legacy that endure beyond you. Forged through friction — from combat deployments and advisory missions to boardrooms and crisis leadership — this book gives you the mindset, tools, and operating system to evolve how you lead. You don’t need to come off the field of battle to use this. Pressure looks different in every arena, but the demands on leaders are all the same. Leadership has evolved — MiQ is the new standard. Lead with legacy. Command the chaos. Create culture that endures.