🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: As long as you live, keep learning how to live. — SenecaThere’s no finish line to self-leadership. Scott shares how Seneca’s quote reframes growth not as a goal, but as a practice—daily, humble, and ...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. — Paraphrased from EpictetusWho you surround yourself with shapes your leadership more than you think...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid. — CatoIn this short but sharp reflection, Scott explores the power of restraint. Drawing from the quiet strength of Cato...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. The rest has been lived already, or is impossible to see. — Marcus AureliusThis episode is a wake-up call to stop time-traveling in your head and start ...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people. — Peter StropleScott wraps the 50th episode of The Inner Strategy with a reflection on legacy—what we build into others. ...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. — Zeno of CitiumLeadership often starts with listening—but in a world of constant noise, few people do it well. In this...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. — SenecaMost leaders aren’t just busy—they’re mentally time-traveling. Worrying about what’s next. Replaying what w...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: No man is free who is not master of himself. — EpictetusWhat’s running your day—your calendar, your cravings, or your character? In this episode, Scott calls out the myth of external freedom, and bri...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. — EpictetusIn this episode, Scott reminds leaders that growth isn’t always understood—or applauded. Real leadership often means be...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. — SenecaIn this episode, Scott breaks down the leadership trap of over-tracking. Trust isn’t built in dashboards—it’s...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water. — Marcus AureliusIn this episode, Scott speaks directly to the weight leaders carry. T...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? — RumiIn this episode, Scott shares a raw moment with a client—and how it became a masterclass in composure. When the pressure’s o...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do, and you will go on well. — EpictetusIn this episode, Scott recounts a moment from his corporate past where a battle ...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: “What would have become of Hercules, do you think, if there had been no lion, hydra, stag or boar—and no savage criminals to rid the world of? What would he have done in the absence of such challenges? Obvi...

⚠️ Trigger Warning⚠️ *Trigger Warning: This episode contains descriptions of wartime injury and combat trauma, which may be distressing to some listeners. Please take care when listening or sharing.*🎧 Episode Su...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: The greatest thing by far is to be a master of yourself. — CleanthesSaying no isn’t selfish—it’s strategic. Scott explains why boundaries are a leadership essential and how self-mastery starts by pro...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. — Viktor Frankl True leadership requires mental strength. In this episode, Scott draws from Viktor Frank...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: The greatest wealth is to live content with little. — Seneca In this episode, Scott explores how great strategy doesn’t come from adding more—it comes from stripping away what isn’t essential. ...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. — Marcus Aurelius Being wrong isn’t failure—it’s feedback. In this episode, Scott reframes the fear of being ...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: All philosophy lies in two words: sustain and abstain. — Epictetus In this episode, Scott breaks down one of Epictetus’ most timeless teachings: leadership is about knowing what to carry, and w...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: The task of a philosopher is to be every day training himself to be free. — CleanthesScott discusses the daily discipline required to forge an authentic identity, highlighting the importance of consi...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. — Epictetus Scott emphasizes humility as key to genuine leadership growth, contrasting it with ego-driven stagnation....

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. — Marcus Aurelius Scott explores why true leadership confidence comes from conviction, not certainty. Leaders act with integr...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: Those who have a ‘why’ to live can bear almost any ‘how’. — Viktor Frankl Scott reflects on the necessity of purpose in leadership. Comfort doesn’t create meaning—clarity of purpose does, enabl...

🎧 Episode SummaryQuote: What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this. — Epictetus Today’s episode celebrates mothers not just for their love, but for their quie...