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Dr. Kent M. Keith
Meet the Author of the Paradoxical Commandments

Dr. Kent M. Keith’s mission is to help people find personal meaning in a crazy world. He has been featured on the front page of The New York Times and in People magazine, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Family Circle. He was interviewed by Katie Couric on the NBC Today Show and by Dr. Schuller on The Hour of Power. He has appeared on dozens of TV shows and more than 100 radio programs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

Dr. Keith has given over 1,200 presentations, conference papers, and workshops in the United States and thirteen countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Most of his presentations and workshops have focused on servant leadership and finding personal meaning at home and at work.

Dr. Keith is known nationally and internationally as the author of the Paradoxical Commandments, which he wrote and published in 1968 in a booklet for student leaders. His book, Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments was published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 2002 and became a national bestseller. His narration of Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments won a national “Audie” award from the Audio Publishers Association as the best audiobook of 2003 in the personal development/ motivational category.

 

Dr. Keith’s second book, Do It Anyway: The Handbook for Finding Personal Meaning and Deep Happiness in a Crazy World, was originally published by Inner Ocean Publishing in 2003, and republished by Terrace Press in 2025. His third book, Jesus Did It Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments for Christians, was published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 2005. His fourth book, Have Faith Anyway: The Vision of Habakkuk for Our Times, was published by Jossey-Bass in 2008. His most recent book on the Paradoxical Commandments is The Paradox of Personal Meaning, published by Terrace Press in 2021.

Dr. Keith is also the author of a series of books on servant leadership, including The Case for Servant Leadership (2008/2012) and Servant Leadership at Work: Caring About People and Getting Extraordinary Results (2024).

Dr. Keith has been an attorney, a state government official, a high-tech park developer, president of two private universities, graduate school lecturer, community organizer, and YMCA executive. He is currently President of his family company, Carlson Keith Corporation. From 2007 to 2012 he served as CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership in the United States, and from 2012 to 2015 he served as CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership (Asia) in Singapore. He earned a B.A. in Government from Harvard University, an M.A. in Philosophy and Politics from Oxford University, a Certificate in Japanese from Waseda University in Tokyo, a J.D. from the University of Hawaii, and an Ed. D. from the University of Southern California. He is a Rhodes Scholar.

Dr. Keith and his wife Dr. Elizabeth Keith have three grown children.

More information about the Keiths and their work can be found at www.carlsonkeith.com, www.kentmkeith.com, and www.toservefirst.com.

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