RELEASED MARCH 18, 2025
A Book About Letting Go of What Doesn’t Matter — And Leading From What Does
The Empty Path explores how lessening—of noise, ego, urgency, and unnecessary striving—creates greater clarity, purpose, and connection. It’s a book for leaders, seekers, and anyone trying to live and work in a more grounded, meaningful way.
This is not a book about doing more.
It’s a book about creating space.
Space for better decisions, clearer relationships, and a deeper sense of what matters.
Why I Wrote This Book
After 20+ years advising national leaders, founding a successful consulting firm, serving on multiple boards, and practicing Zen and mindfulness, I noticed a common truth:
Most leaders aren’t suffering from a lack of ideas — they’re suffering from too much noise.
This book grew out of years of conversations with executives, students, and communities searching for:
- Clarity
- Steadiness
- Alignment
- Meaningful work
- A life not dominated by urgency
The Empty Path offers a way to step back, breathe, and reconnect with what’s essential.
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What The Book Offers
A Leadership Philosophy Rooted in Clarity
A Path for Leaders Navigating Modern Demands
A Leadership Philosophy Rooted in Clarity
The book presents an approach to leadership that emphasizes presence, listening, and intentional action. It helps leaders:
- See through complexity
- Make values-aligned decisions
- Strengthen relationships
- Navigate transition with steadiness
- Reduce internal and external noise
This is the same grounding philosophy I bring into my consulting and board work.
A Personal and Practical Guide
A Path for Leaders Navigating Modern Demands
A Leadership Philosophy Rooted in Clarity
The book is built around lived experience and accessible practices — not abstractions. Readers will find:
- Stories from leadership, entrepreneurship, and daily life
- Reflections from mindfulness and Zen practice
- Simple practices for clarity and steadiness
- Guidance for working through challenge without overwhelm
It’s not about perfection; it’s about alignment.
A Path for Leaders Navigating Modern Demands
A Path for Leaders Navigating Modern Demands
A Path for Leaders Navigating Modern Demands
Leaders today face unprecedented complexity. The Empty Path offers a way to:
- Stay centered amidst disruption
- Avoid reactive decision cycles
- Align teams around shared purpose
- Cultivate clarity while managing pressure
- Lead with integrity and compassion
It connects inner work with outer leadership.
Who the Book Is For
Who the Book Is For
Who the Book Is For
- Executives and board members
- Founders, entrepreneurs, and mission-driven leaders
- Professionals facing transition or burnout
- Anyone seeking steadiness in daily life
- Readers interested in mindfulness, presence, and values-based leadership
- Communities exploring meaning, purpose, and clarity
Events & Workshops
Who the Book Is For
Who the Book Is For
As part of the book launch, I offer:
- Talks and readings
- Leadership workshops
- Mindful leadership sessions
- Community conversations
- Retreats for teams and organizations
These bring the book’s themes into real-world environments.
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Sharon Salzberg, NYT bestselling author of Real Life and Real Happiness
"Wynne gently calls into focus the richness of this moment in his accessible and actionable guidebook for living fully."
ADDITIONAL PRAISE FOR THE EMPTY PATH
Dean Ornish, MD, Author of #1 New York Times bestsellers including UnDo It!
Dean Ornish, MD, Author of #1 New York Times bestsellers including UnDo It!
Dean Ornish, MD, Author of #1 New York Times bestsellers including UnDo It!
“This is a truly extraordinary and transformative book. It distills the most profound and fundamental truths about happiness and healing to its essence—and is beautifully written as well. Highly recommended!”
Annie Grace, bestselling author of This Naked Mind
Dean Ornish, MD, Author of #1 New York Times bestsellers including UnDo It!
Dean Ornish, MD, Author of #1 New York Times bestsellers including UnDo It!
"The Empty Path is a profound commentary on where true peace lies. A counterintuitive approach in a world that is forever caught up in the next thing, this book allows us to calm our minds and open our eyes to the perfection in this moment. I felt both less alone and more alive while reading this book. Thank you, Billy."
Marc Lesser, author of Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader
Dean Ornish, MD, Author of #1 New York Times bestsellers including UnDo It!
Peggy Metta Sheehan Roshi, MD, Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Center of Denver
"There are the events of our lives and there are how we experience these events. The Empty Path is a heartfelt and wise guide for reflecting on and transforming our most basic assumptions about how we experience time and space, showing us the way toward greater spaciousness and ease."
Peggy Metta Sheehan Roshi, MD, Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Center of Denver
Peggy Metta Sheehan Roshi, MD, Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Center of Denver
Peggy Metta Sheehan Roshi, MD, Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Center of Denver
"Billy Wynne has masterfully written a book that is an expression of the empty path itself and at the same time a guidebook for the journey. With the lessening that Wynne refers to, a lightness of being and innate joy come to life. This book is at once wise and inspiring, tender and loving. It will open your heart."
Henry Shukman, author of Original Love, co-founder of The Way app
Peggy Metta Sheehan Roshi, MD, Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Center of Denver
Karin Ryuku Kempe Roshi, M.D., Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Center of Denver
“An engaging, practical and readable guide to the mystery at the heart of every ordinary moment – the ‘emptiness’ that Mahayana Buddhism considers the most important thing there is, even though it's not a ‘thing’ at all. Yet it's the heart of who and what we are, the groundless ground of all our being. Billy Wynne makes tastes of it accessible in this enjoyable offering."
Karin Ryuku Kempe Roshi, M.D., Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Center of Denver
Peggy Metta Sheehan Roshi, MD, Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Center of Denver
Karin Ryuku Kempe Roshi, M.D., Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Center of Denver
“In a book filled with honesty and heart, Billy Wynne introduces the path of awareness and inquiry through the lens of his own life story, intensely intimate yet, at the same time, universal and accessible. For each area of focus, a guided meditation supports the healing practice of making real the spiritual life already embedded in our life of today.”