Get your best person to take less by showing them exactly where the money goes.

Patriots Owner Robert Kraft on The David Rubenstein Show (full episode) · The David Rubenstein Show / Bloomberg

Discipline the spirit through the body to transform leadership character

The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader · Richard Strozzi-Heckler

Give first to obligate; the rule runs deeper than liking, culture, or rational self-interest.

Influence: Science and Practice · Robert B. Cialdini

Detect when safety rhetoric is being weaponized to build competitive moats and entrench monopolies.

Elon’s Anthropic Deal, The Next AI Monopoly?, “FDA for AI” Panic, Trading the AI Boom — All-In Podcast · All-In Podcast

Economic grievance + elite failure = the ancient pattern that ends in tyranny

Extreme Wealth Will Destroy Democracy · Martin Wolf

Power over billions without accountability to billions — the AI governance failure state

AI Whistleblower: We Are Being Gaslit By AI Companies, They're Hiding The Truth! · Karen Hao

Autonomous self-interest behaviors in controlled tests reveal the true alignment state of frontier AI models

AI Expert: Here Is What The World Looks Like In 2 Years! · Tristan Harris

Align personal ambition with collective benefit by making cooperation the most rational individual choice

Democracy in America · Alexis de Tocqueville

Build voluntary associations that multiply individual power and create the social infrastructure for collective achievement

Democracy in America · Alexis de Tocqueville

Design fair systems by deciding rules before knowing your position within them

A Theory of Justice · John Rawls

Lead by serving

Servant As Leader · Robert K. Greenleaf

Formulating strategy in emerging industries

Competitive Strategy · Michael E. Porter

Uncoordinated choices lead to poor outcomes

The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.

When self-interest leads to bad outcomes

The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.

Win people over by entering their world before trying to change it

The Daily Laws - Robert Greene · Robert Greene

Define your deepest values and vision to unlock spiritual energy for performance

The Power of Full Engagement · Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz

Manage four interconnected energy sources to fuel full engagement

The Power of Full Engagement · Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz

Make yourself indispensable by becoming the resource others cannot replace

Brainpicking Robert Greene: His Key Ideas About Power · The Sapiens Network

Remember that you are part of a whole much larger than yourself

The Daily Stoic 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance · Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman

The structural shift from two-person hub-and-spoke control to three-person values-based partnersh...

Tribal Leadership Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a · Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fischer-Wright

Infllicting costs on rivals

Evolutionary Psychology The New Science of the Mind, · David M Buss

Aggression to gain resources

Evolutionary Psychology The New Science of the Mind, · David M Buss

Forming alliances for collective action

Evolutionary Psychology The New Science of the Mind, · David M Buss

Combining personal gain with social contribution

How to Master Growth Mindset to Improve Performance | Dr. David Yeager · Andrew Huberman

Find meaning in work

How to Master Growth Mindset to Improve Performance | Dr. David Yeager · Andrew Huberman

Motivate through contribution

How to Master Growth Mindset to Improve Performance | Dr. David Yeager · Andrew Huberman

Shift from unconscious reaction to conscious intention as the driver of all action

Karma · Sadhguru

Deliver compliments through third parties for maximum credibility and impact

How to Talk to Anyone · Leil Lowndes

Reframe every statement to start with 'you' instead of 'I'

How to Talk to Anyone · Leil Lowndes

Combine self-interest with other-interest to give sustainably and avoid burnout

Give and Take · Adam Grant

See through their eyes, speak to their heart, and they will walk your path willingly

How to Win Friends and Influence People · Dale Carnegie

Understand and use human psychology to gain compliance and loyalty

The 48 Laws of Power · Robert Greene

Once people make a choice or take a stand, they encounter personal and interpersonal pressure to

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion · Robert Cialdini