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January 16, 2024
4 minutes

#14: Showmanship–a vital technique of leadership

Thoughts on leadership lessons from the book About Face
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January 9, 2024
4 minutes

#13: Colonel Glover S. Johns on Leadership

Colonel Johns' battlegroup farewell address on January 5, 1962.
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January 2, 2024
6 minutes

#12: Dispute Resolution

Strategies on decisiveness from Jeff Bezos
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December 26, 2023
6 minutes

#11: One-way Door vs. Two-way Door Decisions

Strategies on decisiveness from Jeff Bezos and Jocko Willink
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December 19, 2023
7 minutes

#10: Jocko Letter Review #2

Reviewing a letter from Jocko to a struggling leader at the end of his rope.
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December 16, 2023
6 minutes

#9: Jocko Letter Review #1

Reviewing a letter from Jocko to a good leader with room for improvement.
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December 5, 2023
4 minutes

#8: What is discipline?

A shift in how I view discipline.
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November 28, 2023
3 minutes

#7: The Lens of Strength

Thoughts on finding and maximizing other's strengths
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November 21, 2023
4 minutes

#6: Why I do Jiu Jitsu

What got me started and why I've stuck with it
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November 14, 2023
4 minutes

#5: Preventing Centralized Command

Thoughts on how I've unintentionally created centralized command in organizations
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November 7, 2023
7 minutes

#4: Why I'm Writing

What got me started on the path of writing
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October 31, 2023
9 minutes

#3: The General and The Soldier

A framework for discipline and where I fall short
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October 18, 2023
8 minutes

#2: Selling the first mobile app I ever built to Jocko

The story of the Jocko EQH App
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October 9, 2023
5 minutes

#1: Four Lessons I Learned (About Leadership) While Teaching Myself to Code

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