Season 9: Episode 385: Start the year with the RIDE Principle

The Smart Thinking Podcast by Ted Neitzke IV

Aug 9, 202630:50Education

What principle guides you when you lead others? From today forward it will be the RIDE principle. A keen recognition of your influence with others. Listen as Ted take's the lessons from horseback riding and applies it to...

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