This section, Go Wide: A Life Less Curated, serves as an antidote to algorithms and echo chambers. It reveals how major historical events shaped the world and might shape what comes next.

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Stop Mistaking Loud for Leader

In leadership, it's easy to mistake volume for conviction and charisma for impact. Yet introverts like Steve Wozniak, Larry Page, Bill Gates, and Sara Blakely prove that powerful builders lead with reflection, focus, and quiet conviction.

Two upcoming events (one online and the other in-person) explore how introverts and extroverts alike can harness this "silent strength" by solving complex problems, collaborating effectively, and leading authentically.

On January 28 at 6 pm EST in NYC, hear from introverted and extroverted leaders who turned introspection into impact. Learn techniques and actionable advice for decision-making, energy management, and building business relationships in effective leadership. You can register HERE.

On February 4 at 1 pm EST online, discover how quiet conviction drives extraordinary success. Join us for a panel on practical strategies from running teams and growing startups to networking, managing, selling, and fundraising on your own terms. You can register HERE. 

How Will You Measure Your Life?

How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon applies proven and sharp business thinking to the one startup you can’t pivot away from: your own life.

Your real strategy isn't what you claim to value; it's where your calendar and cash actually go. For founders, that means aligning big goals with limited resources, converting strategic vision into quantifiable experiments, and protecting deep relationships as fiercely as you protect runway.

Decide up front how you want to be measured, then align your time, energy, and attention accordingly, regardless of what others celebrate.

Feedback: Grow Your Business

“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

Feedback is one of the most underused tools in a founder's toolkit because it's uncomfortable. Asking for it exposes vulnerability. Receiving it with composure tests humility. Acting on it demands courage. Yet every thriving company is built on people brave enough to listen.

Early in Airbnb's history, when growth had stalled, Brian Chesky visited New York hosts to ask what wasn't working. The insights from those conversations unlocked better listings, happier guests, and a path to real traction.

Feedback is the fastest way to grow your business before the market makes choices for you. Today, pick three users, customers, or team members. Ask them, "What's one thing we should do differently?" Then commit to acting on at least one answer this week.