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Quotes:
"Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious of anything but the truth." — Epictetus
"The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it." — Epictetus

🎧 Episode Summary:
Scott delivers an unflinching look at the importance of truth in leadership. He challenges us to recognize that truth exists independently of belief—and that it's rarely popular or convenient. Drawing on Epictetus, he explores how modern leaders must resist spin, echo chambers, and the temptation to tell people what they want to hear. Instead, real leadership demands honesty, clarity, and the integrity to speak truth even when it’s hard.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• Why truth remains constant whether people believe it or not
• How echo chambers and overcomplication can obscure clarity
• Why integrity in leadership requires honesty, even when it’s costly

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Struggles to speak hard truths or challenge popular opinions
• Wants to build greater integrity and trust within their team
• Needs to break out of comfortable echo chambers to grow

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New episodes drop daily—short, strong, and grounded in timeless truths.

🔑 Keywords:

Truth, Honesty, Epictetus, Integrity, Leadership Communication, Critical Thinking, Echo Chambers, 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.

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Memento Mori — so live today to your fullest!

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Quotes:
"If you wish to be a writer, write." — Epictetus
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." — Seneca

🎧 Episode Summary:
Scott calls out the tendency to overcomplicate and postpone our dreams, reminding us that action—not talk—is what makes them real. With Epictetus’ blunt advice to simply do the work and Seneca’s reminder that luck is built on preparation, this episode is a rallying cry for leaders to stop waiting for perfect conditions and start moving toward what matters.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• Why dreams demand disciplined, consistent action
• How preparation turns opportunity into success
• How to overcome perfectionism and start pursuing your goals today

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Feels stuck waiting for the "right time" to start
• Wants to turn plans into real, meaningful action
• Needs a push to show up for their own dreams with courage and consistency

🔁 Stay Connected:

Subscribe to The Inner Strategy on your favorite platform.
New episodes drop daily—short, strong, and grounded in timeless truths.

🔑 Keywords:

Dreams, Action, Epictetus, Seneca, Preparation, Opportunity, Leadership Motivation, 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!

We'd love to hear from you!

Quotes:
"No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity." — Seneca
"What stands in the way becomes the way." — Marcus Aurelius

🎧 Episode Summary:
Scott reframes resilience not as a buzzword but as something forged in the fire of real challenges. He draws on Seneca’s belief that adversity is essential for growth and Marcus Aurelius’ insight that obstacles aren't barriers but the path itself. This episode is a call to stop avoiding hard things and instead see them as the training ground for becoming who you’re meant to be.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• Why adversity is essential for real growth and preparation
• How obstacles can be embraced as opportunities for transformation
• How to reframe challenges as the path to becoming your best self

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Feels overwhelmed by obstacles or setbacks
• Wants to develop stronger resilience and grit
• Needs to see adversity as necessary training, not punishment

🔁 Stay Connected:

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New episodes drop daily—short, strong, and grounded in timeless truths.

🔑 Keywords:

Resilience, Adversity, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Stoicism, Leadership Development, Growth 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!