396- [EON] Identity First. Traits Follow. | Edge of the Napkin #54
For years, I had pieces of a book. I had Focus, Align, Act. I had been working with the four pillars of Magnetic Leadership: Confidence, Con...
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395 - Lauragaye Jackson on Career Transition: Why Starting Over Is the Wrong Frame
There is a peculiar kind of fear that arrives when a successful chapter ends. It can happen after a business changes, a senior role disappea...
394 - [EON] Confidence Leaks: Old Voice. New Room. | Edge of the Napkin #53
There are times when the amount of pressure we bring into a room has very little to do with what is actually happening there. Nobody is ques...
393 - Laura Simms on Career Change After Success: When Your Old Identity Still Works but No Longer Fits | Paper Napkin Wisdom Episode
There is a particularly difficult kind of career problem that tends to arrive after things have worked. The title is good. The money may be...
392 - [EON] Stop Filling Holes That Don't Exist: The Hill Is Already Under Your Feet
There are six years of my life that I have occasionally looked at as missing. Around 2018 and 2019, things at home changed. My family needed...
391 - Jisook Choi on Resilient Leadership: Stop Pushing Harder and Start Listening in Neutrality
There is a particular kind of trap that catches successful entrepreneurs. The method that built the business worked. Working harder worked....
390 - [EON] Quit the How. Never Quit the Where. | Paper Napkin Wisdom Episode 390
There is one word that appears somewhere in the story of almost every person who eventually makes it, and almost every person who does not....
389 - Tim Woodbridge on Entrepreneurial Resilience: Why Resilience Compounds Faster Than Capital
There is a point in building a business where resilience has to change. Early on, resilience can look like sheer resourcefulness. Find the m...
388 - [EON] You Don't Have to Grow: What Does Winning Mean to You Now?
Growth has become one of those words entrepreneurs rarely question. If the company is doing $5 million, the goal becomes $10 million. One lo...
387 - Doug Noll on Emotional De-Escalation: Why "You Feel" Changes Leadership Under Pressure
Most proven entrepreneurs know how to take control when pressure rises. In many cases, that capacity helped build the company in the first p...
386 - [EON] Dynasty DNA: Why Leadership Traits Are Evidence of Identity
Some ideas arrive quickly. Others seem to follow us around for years before they finally reveal what they were trying to become. Dynasty DNA...
385 - Dan Cosgrove on Employee Healthcare Benefits: Make Yourself Obsolete Before Someone Else Does
There is a dangerous kind of success that comes from getting very good at a system that no longer makes sense. The system keeps functioning....
384 - [EON] Bet Against the Odds: Why Experienced Leaders Must Keep Taking the Shot
There is a very easy way to look smart. Bet against everything. Say the idea probably will not work. Say the numbers are against it. Point o...
383 - Sean Finter on Founder Identity: When the Code That Built the Business No Longer Fits the Leader | Paper Napkin Wisdom
The identity that built the business can become the identity that traps the founder. It still produces results. It still has receipts. It ma...
[EON] Coherence Does Not Require Consent: How Calm Influences a Room Without Control | Paper Napkin Wisdom
Sometimes the person I love does not want my help. They may not want my advice. They may not be ready for the solution I can already see. Th...
Luis Munoz Aycart on Entrepreneurial Speed: Why Moving Slowly Can Kill the Business | Paper Napkin Wisdom Episode
The longer a business survives, the easier it becomes to believe every decision carries the full weight of everything already built. Researc...
[EON] You Cannot Become Yourself by Rejecting Yourself: The Missing Align Phase | Paper Napkin Wisdom
We spend a lot of time becoming. Becoming a better leader. Becoming stronger. Becoming more disciplined. Becoming the person who can carry t...
Kim Bode on Founder Resilience: When the Identity That Built the Business No Longer Fits
A founder can survive the crisis, repair the damage, and return the company to growth. That does not mean the founder should return to who t...
[EON] The Life Your Work Was Supposed to Build: Why Presence Must Be Designed | Paper Napkin Wisdom
Some moments cannot be moved to next week. A graduation ceremony happens once. A final dance competition happens once. A season ends, a chil...
Dan Cataldi on Founder Shamelessness: Why Admitting Ignorance Builds Better Companies | Paper Napkin Wisdom
Shame is expensive. It keeps smart people quiet in rooms where they should ask the obvious question. It makes experienced founders protect t...