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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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Episodes
  • Fighting for Our Dreams – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders
    Jul 14 2025

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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

    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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    4 mins
  • Developing Resilience – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders
    Jul 11 2025

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    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:

    Subscribe to The Inner Strategy on your favorite platform.
    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

    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
  • Death is What Gives Life Meaning – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders
    Jul 10 2025

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    Quote:
    "Death is not an evil. What is it then? The one law mankind has that is free of all discrimination." — Seneca

    🎧 Episode Summary:
    Scott invites us to stop avoiding the topic of death and instead see it as the teacher Seneca described. He unpacks the Stoic idea of memento mori—remembering we will die not to scare us, but to wake us up. This episode challenges us to live with urgency, to value what really matters, and to show up intentionally for the people who count on us.

    🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

    • How embracing mortality brings clarity and purpose
    • Why remembering death is a call to love, lead, and live fully now
    • How memento mori creates urgency for meaningful action in business and life

    💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

    • Struggles with procrastination or losing sight of what matters
    • Wants to build urgency and intention into their leadership
    • Needs a reminder to connect, appreciate, and act while there’s time

    🔁 Stay Connected:

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

    🔑 Keywords:

    Memento Mori, Seneca, Stoicism, Mortality, Leadership Purpose, Urgency, Emotional Intelligence, The Inner Strategy

    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
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