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🎧 Episode Summary

Quote: Delay not. The present moment is all thou hast. — Og Mandino

‘Someday’ is a dangerous myth. Scott explores why postponing dreams and decisions slowly erodes leadership and how taking decisive action today is a core part of building a meaningful legacy.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• How 'someday' thinking erodes momentum
• Why decisive action today shapes lasting leadership
• How to reclaim urgency without chaos

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Moves fast but wants to go deeper
• Struggles with decision fatigue
• Wants to build a meaningful, lasting leadership journey

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🔑 Keywords:

Stoicism, Leadership, Stillness, Inner Strength, Daily Reflection, Business Growth, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Leadership, Legacy Building, Resilience, Modern Stoic, The Inner Strategy, Bold Leadership

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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.

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Memento Mori — so live today to your fullest!

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🎧 Episode Summary

Quote: He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. — Epictetus

Gratitude isn’t passive — it’s powerful. Scott shares how practicing gratitude fortifies leaders against setbacks, creates resilience, and builds cultures of strength rather than entitlement.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• How gratitude amplifies resilience
• Why celebrating what you have empowers leadership
• How gratitude shifts team cultures toward strength

💬 Share This With a Leader Who

• Moves fast but wants to go deeper
• Struggles with decision fatigue
• Wants to build a meaningful, lasting leadership journey

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

🔑 Keywords:

Stoicism, Leadership, Stillness, Inner Strength, Daily Reflection, Business Growth, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Leadership, Legacy Building, Resilience, Modern Stoic, The Inner Strategy, Bold Leadership

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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!

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🎧 Episode Summary

Quote: Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good. — Marcus Aurelius

Today’s episode focuses on living with urgency and intention. Scott reminds leaders that life isn’t a rehearsal. Every action today matters — leadership, connection, and courage must be lived now, not delayed.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• How to confront procrastination with urgency
• Why action matters more than endless preparation
• How to lead like today is the main event, not a warm-up

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Moves fast but wants to go deeper
• Struggles with decision fatigue
• Wants to build a meaningful, lasting leadership journey

🔁 Stay Connected:

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

🔑 Keywords:

Stoicism, Leadership, Stillness, Inner Strength, Daily Reflection, Business Growth, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Leadership, Legacy Building, Resilience, Modern Stoic, The Inner Strategy, Bold Leadership

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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!

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🎧 Episode Summary

Quote: You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. — Marcus Aurelius

Today’s episode centers on urgency and clarity. If today were your last chance to lead, to love, to build—how would you show up? Scott invites leaders to embrace a sense of finality to focus their actions toward what truly matters.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• How urgency sharpens leadership focus
• Why finality clarifies what matters
• How to lead each day with purpose and presence

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Moves fast but wants to go deeper
• Feels the weight of decision fatigue
• Is building something meaningful and needs inner clarity to keep going

🔁 Stay Connected:

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

🔑 Keywords:

Stoicism, Leadership, Stillness, Self-Mastery, Business Growth, Daily Reflection, Modern Stoic, Entrepreneur Mindset, Inner Strength, The Inner Strategy, Bold Leadership

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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!

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🎧 Episode Summary

Quote: Difficulties show men what they are. — Epictetus

Adversity doesn’t create weakness—it reveals strength. In this episode, Scott explains how difficult seasons shape and sharpen leaders, and why hardship is the ultimate training ground for resilience and identity.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• How adversity reveals—not breaks—character
• Why struggle is essential for leadership development
• How to transform hardship into fuel for growth

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Moves fast but wants to go deeper
• Feels the weight of decision fatigue
• Is building something meaningful and needs inner clarity to keep going

🔁 Stay Connected:

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

🔑 Keywords:

Stoicism, Leadership, Stillness, Self-Mastery, Business Growth, Daily Reflection, Modern Stoic, Entrepreneur Mindset, Inner Strength, The Inner Strategy, Bold Leadership

—

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!

🎧 Episode Summary

Quote: Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—and your life will flow well. — Epictetus

Applause is temporary. True strength is built quietly, when no one is watching. Today’s reflection focuses on why resilience, persistence, and growth happen during the silent seasons—the moments that aren’t broadcast but define who you are as a leader.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• Why quiet perseverance matters more than public validation
• How to embrace unseen progress
• How silent seasons sharpen inner strength

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Moves fast but wants to go deeper
• Feels the weight of decision fatigue
• Is building something meaningful and needs inner clarity to keep going

🔁 Stay Connected:

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

🔑 Keywords:

Stoicism, Leadership, Stillness, Self-Mastery, Business Growth, Daily Reflection, Modern Stoic, Entrepreneur Mindset, Inner Strength, The Inner Strategy, Bold Leadership

—

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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🎧 Episode Summary

Quote: Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius

Leadership isn’t about carrying all the weight—it’s about living the virtues you believe in and allowing others to thrive. Scott challenges the traditional view of leadership as burden-bearing, offering a different path: leadership rooted in presence, clarity, and empowerment.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• How to lead with authenticity and lightness
• Why living your values is stronger than preaching them
• How true leadership lifts others instead of weighing them down

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Moves fast but wants to go deeper
• Feels the weight of decision fatigue
• Is building something meaningful and needs inner clarity to keep going

🔁 Stay Connected:

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

🔑 Keywords:

Stoicism, Leadership, Stillness, Self-Mastery, Business Growth, Daily Reflection, Modern Stoic, Entrepreneur Mindset, Inner Strength, The Inner Strategy, Bold Leadership

—

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!

🎧 Episode Summary

Quote: First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. — Epictetus

Today’s episode is personal. Scott reflects on the journey of graduating from BYU—a milestone that became less about earning a degree and more about building an identity of perseverance, discipline, and follow-through.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today:

• Why milestones matter for personal identity
• How persistence compounds even when progress feels invisible
• The power of finishing what you start

💬 Share This With a Leader Who:

• Moves fast but wants to go deeper
• Feels the weight of decision fatigue
• Is building something meaningful and needs inner clarity to keep going

🔁 Stay Connected:

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

🔑 Keywords:

Stoicism, Leadership, Stillness, Self-Mastery, Business Growth, Daily Reflection, Modern Stoic, Entrepreneur Mindset, Inner Strength, The Inner Strategy, Bold Leadership

—

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!