For Modern Leaders

For Modern Leaders

Musings, tools, and community for today's leaders.

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Want to join me for Month of Intention? I vibe coded a quick tool for MOI. Your progress is stored locally. Read the book of James, Meditations, Much Ado About Nothing, and fiction of your choice with me. Feel free to join here: https://www.formodernleaders.com/intention

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One of the truest (and potentially scariest) things: you become what you worship. Crypto, if it’s in the wrong place in your life, is a transactional, extractive, and substance-lacking god. In the right place? It’s a transformational, freeing, and empowering tool. Be careful.

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Nothing is so useful that it can be of any service in the mere passing. — Seneca

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“I’ve learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the rock.” - C.H. Spurgeon

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Common sense is indeed like oxygen: the higher you go, the thinner it gets. - John Lewis Gaddis

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Arbitrary ranking of US Presidents as leaders: 1. Lincoln 2. FDR 3. Washington 4. Teddy 5. Thomas Jefferson 6. Truman 7. Eisenhower 8. Polk 9. Madison 10. Reagan

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Arbitrary ranking of Star Trek captains as leaders: 1. Sisko 2. Picard 3. Pike 4. Kirk 5. Janeway 6. Archer 7. Lorca 8. Georgiou

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creativity (n.) Producing something new via imaginative skill. from Smoke

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RIP Pastor John MacArthur. His words and teachings were filled with both light and heat for generations, and will continue for generations to come. He loved Jesus, loved people, and served leaders. That’s all he’d want us to say about his life. https://x.com/gracetoyou/status/1944937107937464752?s=46

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visioneering (n. • gerund) the act of placing imagery, narrative, ideas, or desired outcomes into the minds of yourself and others with clarity. usage: The most important skill in sales, fundraising, marketing, and movement building is the skill of visioneering. also see: vision casting, inception

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From time to time I think about how Abraham Lincoln signed the legislation to start the Secret Service then went and got shot that same night.

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Conflict always starts on the inside first. If you're jealous over someone else's traction, term sheet, or team, check your heart and mind before it descends further. James also notes that a reason you don't have those things may be because it could ruin you. Sometimes not getting what you want is an act of grace.

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Most "startup CEO" resources out there focus on venture fundraising. In my experience, that's one of the least important and most downstream parts of leading a startup. Recruiting, team culture, speed of execution, finding PMF, founder-led sales, managing whiplash and pivots, investor relations all matter more IMO.

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"Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder." – very counter-cultural advice from James.

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