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The Inner Strategy: A Stoic Blueprint Behind Bold Leadership

The Inner Strategy: A Stoic Blueprint Behind Bold Leadership

By: The One and Only Scott Smith
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This podcast is a daily space for leaders, builders, and entrepreneurs who want to do more than just grow. They want to grow right.

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  • Episode 113 – Memento Mori: Leading With Borrowed Time – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders
    Sep 2 2025

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    🎧 Episode Summary
    Memento mori means “remember you must die.” Marcus Aurelius reminds us that leadership is borrowed time. Use it to build, serve, and leave something lasting.

    🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

    • Why leadership is temporary by design
    • How mortality sharpens focus and service
    • Why borrowed time calls for purposeful action

    💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

    • Feels stuck in the grind of leadership
    • Needs perspective on legacy, not position
    • Wants to lead with urgency and focus

    🔁 Stay Connected:
    Subscribe to The Inner Strategy on your favorite platform.

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    🔑 Keywords: Stoicism, Leadership, Marcus Aurelius Quote, Memento Mori, Borrowed Time, Legacy in Leadership, Entrepreneur Mindset, The Inner Strategy

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    The Inner Strategy is your daily shortform podcast—your blueprint for modern leadership rooted in timeless truths.

    Hosted by Scott Smith, founder of Akhada Consulting, co-founder of ChatWorx, and host of The Outsourcing Blueprint podcast, this series blends ancient Stoic wisdom with real-world business strategy to help you lead with clarity, manage both your teams and yourself effectively, and move with purpose.

    No fluff. Just focused, grounded insight you can apply right now.

    🔹 Subscribe to the show and leave a review if today’s insight helped you lead with more clarity and strength.
    🔹 Connect with Scott at akhadaconsulting.com or on LinkedIn.

    Follow for daily episodes. New drops every weekday morning.

    Memento Mori — so live today to your fullest!

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    2 mins
  • Episode 112 – The Compass of Character – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders
    Sep 1 2025

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    🎧 Episode Summary
    Strategy without character drifts. In this episode, Scott explains why Stoic virtue must guide modern leadership, and why integrity outlasts tactics.

    🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

    • Why values shape leadership more than tactics
    • How integrity builds trust that strategy alone can’t
    • The Stoic reminder that character is the true compass

    💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

    • Feels tempted to cut corners for quick wins
    • Wants their leadership to outlast market shifts
    • Needs a reminder that trust drives growth

    🔁 Stay Connected:
    Subscribe to The Inner Strategy on your favorite platform.

    🔑 Keywords: Stoicism, Leadership, Character in Business, Stoic Compass, Integrity in Leadership, Virtue, Entrepreneur Mindset, Modern Stoic Leaders

    Support the show

    The Inner Strategy is your daily shortform podcast—your blueprint for modern leadership rooted in timeless truths.

    Hosted by Scott Smith, founder of Akhada Consulting, co-founder of ChatWorx, and host of The Outsourcing Blueprint podcast, this series blends ancient Stoic wisdom with real-world business strategy to help you lead with clarity, manage both your teams and yourself effectively, and move with purpose.

    No fluff. Just focused, grounded insight you can apply right now.

    🔹 Subscribe to the show and leave a review if today’s insight helped you lead with more clarity and strength.
    🔹 Connect with Scott at akhadaconsulting.com or on LinkedIn.

    Follow for daily episodes. New drops every weekday morning.

    Memento Mori — so live today to your fullest!

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    3 mins
  • Episode 111 – The Weight of Anger – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders
    Aug 29 2025

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    🎧 Episode Summary
    Anger is expensive. Marcus Aurelius reminds us that the cost of anger is always greater than what triggered it. Leaders who master their temper preserve their real power.

    🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

    • Why anger destroys more than it fixes
    • The hidden costs of leading from temper
    • How calm is stronger than rage

    💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

    • Struggles with frustration in leadership
    • Needs to model calm under pressure
    • Wants to avoid costly emotional decisions

    🔁 Stay Connected:
    Subscribe to The Inner Strategy on your favorite platform.

    📊 Sponsored by Fractionaltryfractional.app

    🔑 Keywords:
    Stoicism, Leadership, Self-Mastery, Business Growth, Marcus Aurelius Quote, The Inner Strategy, Control Anger, Calm Leadership

    Support the show

    The Inner Strategy is your daily shortform podcast—your blueprint for modern leadership rooted in timeless truths.

    Hosted by Scott Smith, founder of Akhada Consulting, co-founder of ChatWorx, and host of The Outsourcing Blueprint podcast, this series blends ancient Stoic wisdom with real-world business strategy to help you lead with clarity, manage both your teams and yourself effectively, and move with purpose.

    No fluff. Just focused, grounded insight you can apply right now.

    🔹 Subscribe to the show and leave a review if today’s insight helped you lead with more clarity and strength.
    🔹 Connect with Scott at akhadaconsulting.com or on LinkedIn.

    Follow for daily episodes. New drops every weekday morning.

    Memento Mori — so live today to your fullest!

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    2 mins
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