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Work read through history rather than hustle-culture — on command, ambition, integrity under pressure, and what the job actually asks of the man doing it.

Reading series
Career Excellence — The Cursus Honorum
5 essays · 47 min read
IThe Cursus Honorum, Part I: The Tribune Who Had Not Yet Earned the Right to Command7 min readIIThe Cursus Honorum, Part II: The Quaestor No One Was Watching10 min readIIIThe Cursus Honorum, Part III: The Games You Didn’t Need to Win11 min readIVThe Cursus Honorum, Part IV: What Pliny Asked Trajan When He Didn’t Know10 min readVThe Cursus Honorum, Part V: The Advisor Who Couldn’t Just Walk Away9 min read View full series →
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Career
On Assertiveness Without Aggression
Anger feels like strength because it produces an immediate, visible effect. It rarely is strength. The man who…
31 Jul 20268 min read
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Career
The Cursus Honorum, Part I: The Tribune Who Had Not Yet Earned the Right to Command
Every career has a stage where you hold a title but not yet the authority that should go…
24 Jul 20267 min read
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Career
The Executive Stoic: Running a Life Like a Roman General
Command is not the skill that got you promoted. It is what you do once that skill stops…
17 Jul 20269 min read
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Career
The Discipline of Saying Less
There is a kind of man who speaks to fill space. And there is another kind who speaks…
4 Jul 20268 min read
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