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I’ve always been fascinated by great minds—those rare individuals who think across boundaries, lead with insight, and shape the world in ways most of us are still catching up to. Leaders, strategists, polymaths—they tend to emerge at critical moments in history, and their influence often transcends the disciplines they touch. Over the past few years, …
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Grateful to the War on the Rocks team for publishing my piece on leadership development and the critical role of crucibles. You can read the opening below—and check out the full article on their site. A follow-up podcast conversation is coming soon. Stay tuned. A few years ago, a young U.S. military officer asked me a pointed …
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Friedrich Nietzsche warned us: “He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” It was a 19th-century philosophical warning about moral corruption and existential danger. Today, it reads like a headline. Nietzsche’s famous quote appears in …
"I am the Lizard King. I can do anything." — Jim Morrison Jim Morrison was not a conventional leader. He was a poet-shaman, a provocateur, and a performer who unraveled boundaries rather than enforcing them. But in an age defined by complexity, ambiguity, and accelerating change, Morrison’s self-styled persona—the Lizard King—offers more than artistic flair. …
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