About
i’m David lederman
Rewriting the Playbook on Success and Fulfillment
For decades, we’ve been told that success comes through relentless effort—hustle harder, push through, sacrifice now so you can finally enjoy life later. But what if this entire model is flawed? What if the very strategies that got you here are the same ones keeping you from sustained success and fulfillment?
I Know This Firsthand
After years at the forefront of the tech industry—where innovation was limitless but burnout was the norm—I found myself trapped in an impossible cycle. I was following all the rules, doing everything I was supposed to, and yet, I hit a breaking point. On December 11, 2015, I looked at my wife and baby daughter and whispered, “I’m sorry. I’m going to fail you.”
Everything I had worked for, every strategy I had relied on, had led me to the edge of collapse. But in that moment of surrender, I had a realization: we were never meant to battle our way through life—we were meant to move in alignment with it.
An 8-Year Journey
Following a personal journey through family trauma, burnout, and mental health challenges that nearly cost me everything, I embarked on an 8-year exploration of fulfillment—researching neuroscience, psychology, indigenous wisdom, and business agility while interviewing leaders from all walks of life. What I found wasn’t another productivity hack or mindset trick—it was a fundamental shift in how we engage with challenge, complexity, and performance itself.
That exploration led to the Zone of Fulfillment, a framework that transforms how leaders, teams, and organizations achieve at the highest level—without sacrificing well-being, clarity, or purpose.
For the 2%: Leaders Who Refuse to Follow a Broken Playbook
Through coaching, speaking, and leadership workshops, I work with the 2% of leaders and entrepreneurs courageous enough to break free from outdated success paradigms—those willing to challenge convention, confront overwhelming truths, and lead in a way that fuels both performance and fulfillment sustainably.
- Helping Organizations Thrive in Complexity – I work with businesses to bridge the gap between ambition and alignment—turning stress and complexity into opportunities for sustainable impact
- TEDx Speaker & Author – My talk and book “Trust Life? Overcome the 4 Critical Life Paradoxes Wreaking Havoc in Your Life,” uncover the hidden contradictions keeping leaders stuck
- From Global Enterprises to Entrepreneurs – I’ve worked with leaders or teams at companies including MultiversX, Doist, MIT Sloan School of Management, Pax8, and Beauty Counter