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The Growth Compass

Teaching mindset, resilience, and leadership.

🧭 Liz Wiseman Studied 170 Top Performers. Here's What Made Them Elite.

Aug 9, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 Liz Wiseman Studied 170 Top Performers. Here's What Made Them Elite.

Plus: The hardest promotion in leadership and the ancient trick for people who don't trust their own willpower

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Jay Wright
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Aug 8, 2026

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6 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Jay Wright

In today’s deep dive, Jay Wright talks about how to build committed teams and how he builds leadership into all parts of the culture.

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The Growth Compass
🧭 How to Hold People Accountable to Their Dreams

Aug 2, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 How to Hold People Accountable to Their Dreams

Plus: Jocko Willink on ending the internal debate and the mistake most people make measuring their own worth

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Christian McCaffrey
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Aug 1, 2026

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8 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Christian McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey on Playing Against Yourself, the Emotionless Baseline, and Why Prepared to Fail Beats Hoping to Win

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The Growth Compass
🧭 The Reason "Don't Miss This Shot" Is the Worst Thing You Can Tell Someone

Jul 26, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 The Reason "Don't Miss This Shot" Is the Worst Thing You Can Tell Someone

Plus: Shared values, complementary skills, and the word your program is actually known for

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Dr. Kevin Elko
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Jul 25, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Dr. Kevin Elko

Dr. Kevin Elko on Anti-Fragile, Wiring Not Inspiring, and the One Sentence Champions Protect

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The Growth Compass
🧭 How to Create a Culture Where No One Is Bigger Than the Team

Jul 19, 2026

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3 min read

🧭 How to Create a Culture Where No One Is Bigger Than the Team

Plus: Brian Tracy's 5 measures of a healthy personality and the law of indirect effort.

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Steve Kerr
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Jul 18, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Steve Kerr

Steve Kerr on the Four Values, Faking Calm, and Why the Five Best Players Don't Make the Best Team

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Tom Brady Explains Why Every Excuses is a Brick in the Wrong Wall

Jul 12, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 Tom Brady Explains Why Every Excuses is a Brick in the Wrong Wall

Plus: Jimmy Johnson on how to build a winning team and the science of why old patterns are so hard to break.

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Tom Izzo
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Jul 11, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Tom Izzo

Tom Izzo on Leading by Dragging, Holding People to Their Own Goals, and Why Programs Beat Teams

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The Growth Compass
🧭 A Process Over Outcome Question to Ask Instead of "What's the Score?"

Jul 5, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 A Process Over Outcome Question to Ask Instead of "What's the Score?"

Plus: Marcus Freeman on leadership without a title and the Lincoln Riley line worth sitting with this week

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Jerry West
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Jul 4, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Jerry West

Jerry West on the Thing You Love Bringing the Most Pain, Self-Motivation, and Why the Losing Locker Room Has Better Stories

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The Growth Compass
🧭 P = P - I. A sports psychology formula that top athletes swear by

Jun 28, 2026

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5 min read

🧭 P = P - I. A sports psychology formula that top athletes swear by

Plus: Clark Lea on the real cost of success and why finite thinking kills infinite potential

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: James Franklin
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Jun 27, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: James Franklin

James Franklin on Alignment, the Circle That Shrinks, and Why Commitment Has to Match Expectations

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The Growth Compass
🧭 The Carolina Hurricanes practiced lifting the Stanley Cup for 5 years without knowing it

Jun 21, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 The Carolina Hurricanes practiced lifting the Stanley Cup for 5 years without knowing it

Plus: "Prepare your mind" and the inner self-talk that drives every outer performance

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Steve Nash
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Jun 20, 2026

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6 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Steve Nash

Steve Nash on Stacking Days, Winning in the Margins, and Why Culture Is a System of Behavior

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Mindset Advice from a Super Bowl Champion

Jun 14, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 Mindset Advice from a Super Bowl Champion

Plus: What the Knicks' NBA Finals run teaches us about resilience and why pessimism is a losing proposition.

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Alex Smith
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Jun 13, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Alex Smith

Alex Smith on Imposter Syndrome, Playing Free, and Why Wanting Everyone to Love You Makes You Lose

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Tom Brady's Advice For Young Athletes

Jun 7, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 Tom Brady's Advice For Young Athletes

Plus: 5 silent culture killers and a can't-miss story on the mindset of excellence

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Lou Holtz
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Jun 6, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Lou Holtz

Lou Holtz on Three Rules, Trust, and Why the Only Word That Matters Is "Choice"

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Grant Hill's One Rule on Character

May 31, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 Grant Hill's One Rule on Character

Plus: Curt Cignetti on playing to a standard and the orange juice test

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Jack Canfield
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May 30, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield on 100% Responsibility, the Rule of Five, and Why You Need a 14-Month Year

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Researchers studied 30 teams. The leaders with 10x the impact surprised everyone.

May 24, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 Researchers studied 30 teams. The leaders with 10x the impact surprised everyone.

Plus: McLaren's daily improvement habit that made it the best in the world and why hard now means easy later

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The Growth Compass
🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Rod Brind'Amour
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May 23, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 Saturday Speaker Series: Rod Brind'Amour

Rod Brind'Amour on culture building, doubt, and why everything starts with hard work.

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The Growth Compass
🧭 "You cannot fake passion. Someone who loves it more will outrun you every time."

May 17, 2026

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4 min read

🧭 "You cannot fake passion. Someone who loves it more will outrun you every time."

Plus: OKC Thunder's Mark Daigneault on admiration and how to start winning the attention war

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