From CIA to CEO: Unconventional Life Lessons for Thinking Bigger, Leading Better, and Being Bolder

An Analyst’s Guide for Entrepreneurship Development

#1 New Release in Entrepreneurship

Former CIA analyst Rupal Patel shares how you can dominate the entrepreneur industry using world-changing knowledge and skills.

Combine state intelligence with corporate motivation. Starting her career in the Central Intelligence Agency, Rupal Patel soon found herself as an influential business advisor for leaders and CEOs around the world. Now, she shares how you can achieve your executive goals using clandestine advice. From CIA to CEO is a leadership book that uses esoteric strategies that will guide you to overcome challenges and achieve success, aimed not only at entrepreneurs and CEOs but also at professionals across all fields seeking to enhance their leadership and strategic thinking skills. Exploring the three biggest lessons that every successful entrepreneur must know, you can be bolder, think smarter, and lead better every step of the way to the top of your career.

Unlock the CEO within. The road to success never starts with the business; it starts with their leaders, making this book a valuable resource for anyone looking to think bigger, lead better, and be bolder, regardless of their current role or industry. Based on her own journey from analyst to advisor, Rupal explores the best ways to amplify your strengths through expanding your skills. Dig deep into your identity and develop the trade that works for you. That way, your business can succeed in ways never thought possible.

Inside From CIA to CEO, you’ll find tactical methods for the best entrepreneurship development possible, such as ways to:

• Create a long-term ops plan
• Install conviction into your company through mental frameworks
• How to take action when the mission goes wrong
• Becoming a mentor for future entrepreneurs

So if you enjoyed entrepreneur books such as Million Dollar Weekend, Diary of a CEO, or BreakProof, then you will love From CIA to CEO.

The daughter of Indian immigrants, Rupal Patel is a born-and-bred New Yorker now living near London. Her unconventional career as a CIA analyst and successful entrepreneur has taken her from dusty briefing rooms in jungles and war zones to the gilded halls of NATO and Capitol Hill. As a CEO, leadership consultant and strategic advisor, she now helps founders, corporate leaders, and next-generation change-makers lead in powerful, meaningful ways while building mental toughness and unshakable resilience.