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Steven Leonard In warm weather, I mow the lawn. Other times of the year, I rake leaves or shovel snow. I find tasks that allow my mind to just "go to a happy place" …moreIn warm weather, I mow the lawn. Other times of the year, I rake leaves or shovel snow. I find tasks that allow my mind to just "go to a happy place" while I do something that takes little to no thought to execute. When I return to my writing, my mind is always ready to write.

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𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 isn't your typical business book. It's more like true crime because, well... that's what it is: a gripping, meticulously reported account of one of the most astonishing corporate frauds of the 21st century. Carreyrou is a rockstar investiga ...more
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On the top of my stack this week is Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen's 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, which details the challenges - and opportunities - faced by the Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq (OSC-I) in the aftermath of the withdrawal of coalition forces ...more
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WHEN THE MAP RUNS OUT by Milford H Beagle
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With 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘱 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘖𝘶𝘵: 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, Milford H. Beagle, Jr., offers both a personal memoir and a practical guide for navigating #leadership challenges in volatile, often chaotic environments.

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Just last week, I had a student in class ask me about the craziest thing I’d ever seen during my time in uniform. I don’t tell a lot of #warstories in class, but on that day I made an exception. I set the controls on the #wayback machine - in this ca ...more
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Start Own Move by Robert Smith
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“Strategy without #execution is hallucination." — Bill Walsh

It's no coincidence that I turned the final pages of Robert Smith's book, 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘖𝘸𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦, as I was explaining to my #business #strategy students the challenges of transitioning from formulat
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A couple of weeks ago, a copy of 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲's new book, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳, arrived in the mail from Polity. I had planned to order a copy, and was more than a little happy to be asked to review it. The BLUF? It was classic Kori Schake - insi ...more
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What You're Made For by George Raveling
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After seeing Ryan Holiday talk about his new book with George Raveling, I was quick to order a copy. Coach Raveling is one of those people who has had an outsized influence in how I #lead, #teach, and #mentor. I've written about this in my #PointofDe ...more
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