Developing the Leadership Edge No One Talks About: Intuition
Every leader has had that moment—an idea that seems to appear out of thin air, an insight that arrives before the data does, a knowing that feels almost unfairly accurate. That is intuition at work. And while it feels mysterious, it’s anything but magic. Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman famously described System 1 Thinking as fast, […]
The Real Startup Killer Isn’t Competition—It’s the Devil in Your Head
How to Break Free From Drift, Fear, and Misalignment in Business I just finished reviewing Outwitting the Devil, one of Napoleon Hill’s most provocative works—written in 1938 but unpublished until 2011 because of its controversial style and message. The book is framed as an extended interview between Hill and the “Devil,” who represents fear, negativity, […]
Why Every Business Owner Should Become a WRN Market Partner (If You Actually Want to Grow)
Let’s be straight: most business owners are running far below their real capacity. They set timid goals, take polite action, and then wonder why their revenue curve looks like a flatline on a hospital monitor. The WRN Market Partner Program fixes that by giving you a real 10X engine — not motivational fluff, but systems, […]
The Origin of Market Focused Planning: Why Narrowing Your Focus Expands Your Impact
In the early 1990s, a strategic shift was born out of necessity. While working with the International Centre for Agriculture and Science, alongside Dr. Roger Moore, we coined the term Market Focused Planning—a deliberate move away from “navel-gazing” strategies and toward a discipline grounded in how the market sees you, not how you see yourself. […]