Leadership in Business

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Learn To Speak Well, From A Toast To A Thirty Minute Talk

Six lessons that take you from ninety seconds at a rehearsal dinner to holding a room for half an hour, with a checklist you can print.

GuideProtect the ChildrenJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

What a church serious about protecting kids actually does

Screening, a two-adult rule, real training and a ministry that helps families. The unglamorous work that makes a church a hard target.

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GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

What Head of the House Looks Like at 6:40 on a Tuesday

Nobody's watching, nothing's on fire, and the dishwasher needs unloading. That's the night your leadership is actually decided.

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Biographies Good Enough to Keep You Up Past Midnight

Eight lives worth reading, ranked by how fast they hook you, plus the honest warning about which ones need a thousand pages to get going.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Easy Company From Currahee to the Eagle's Nest

They ran a Georgia mountain until they hated it, then jumped into Normandy in the dark. What happened to Easy Company, and what the legend leaves out.

BRO TakeBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Provide, protect, lead is a job description, not a crown

The smoke alarm goes off at 2:40 a.m. and somebody walks toward the noise. That role got called oppression, and the people who called it that have never carried it.

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GuideBooksRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Nine Business Books That Actually Earn Their Pages

Most of the business shelf is one decent idea stretched to 240 hardcover pages. These nine aren't, and each one suits a different guy.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Lincoln Hired the Men Who Thought He Was a Fool

He ran a cabinet full of rivals, a war he was losing, and a country that hated itself. The record shows exactly how he did it.

BRO TakeBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Why humility reads like confidence and ego reads like fear

The man who can say "that's mine, I'll fix it" in eleven seconds has more authority than the one who never admits anything.

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GuideHumorMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How to Be Funny at Work Without Torching Your Credibility

The same joke can make you the sharpest person in the room or the one nobody trusts with a budget. The difference is almost never the joke.

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StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Washington Slept in a Tent Until His Men Had Roofs

Valley Forge killed roughly 2,000 Americans without a shot fired. What Washington did in those six months is still the best leadership manual in print.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Take the compliment like you take the criticism

A man who floats on praise will sink on criticism. The fix is the same three words and a 48-hour rule.

GuideMovies & TVMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Movie Speeches That Still Work, and Why

Seven scenes worth rewatching with your family, and the mechanics underneath them that you can steal for a toast, a locker room, or a hard conversation.