Week 8: Recharge
Know Your Breaking Point: Why Battle-Tested Leaders Set Boundaries Before Burnout
“Every man’s got his breaking point.” – John Rambo

Rambo wasn’t talking about corporate leadership, but he might as well have been.
Leadership fatigue shows up long before the cracks do.

Week 7: Realign
Gut Check: Are You Aligned with Your Values?
There’s a reason Rocky’s quote still lands after all these years:
"It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." — Rocky Balboa

It’s not just a movie line – it’s a business reality.

Week 6: Refocus
Mission Creep in Business: Avoid Chasing Shiny Objects
Every founder and leader knows the pull:
A new idea. A hot market shift. A client dangling a big contract just outside your lane.
It feels like momentum. But is it mission-aligned?

Week 5: Recognize
The Risk You Didn’t See Coming: Isolation
It doesn’t show up on your balance sheet. It’s not tracked in your CRM. It doesn’t burn cash or break systems. But it erodes something far more critical:

Clarity. Confidence. Conviction.

That risk is isolation – and it blindsides more Veteran leaders than you’d expect.

Week 4: Rewire
Why Grit Alone Isn’t Enough
The spacecraft shudders. A loud bang. Alarms blare. Inside Apollo 13, three astronauts float in the silence of space. Utter darkness.

Commander Jim Lovell doesn’t panic. He simply radios:

“Houston, we’ve had a problem.”

He does something that every Veteran-turned-entrepreneur should study closely:
He names the problem. He trusts his team. He opens the door to help.

Week 3: Reveal
Why Veteran Entrepreneurs Get Stuck in Chaos
There’s something strangely comforting about the grind.

The 5 a.m. wake-ups. The hurry-up-and-wait. The controlled chaos of getting it done – together.

A lot of us don’t talk about it, but after the uniform comes off, we find ourselves reaching back toward the suck. Not because it was easy. But because it made sense.

Week 2: Rebuild
Trust Is Earned in the Stack: How to Build a Team You’d Go to Battle With

🎬 Black Hawk Down — Scene: Sgt. Eversmann’s First Command
"No one gets left behind." But what if the mission does?

Week 1: Reflect
The Leadership Hangover: Unlearning from the Military to Scale as a Civilian

Follow along for the "From Mission to Momentum" Summer Series, running through September. Designed for leaders committed to growth, this series is a structured opportunity to pause, reflect, and recalibrate.