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The Path of a Leader Writing Series.

A COLLECTION OF LEADERSHIP LESSONS, GROWTH INSIGHTS, AND STORIES
FROM THE TRENCHES OF MY OWN LEADERSHIP JOURNEY.

Leadership isn’t a title. It's conflict, pressure, ownership, and figuring it out in real time. Over the last two decades, I’ve built teams, turned around chaos, and led when the playbook didn’t exist. I've created and launched products, business, and global programs creating $3 Billion in impact. This writing series was my reflection on meaningful moments that mattered on my path to leadership - even if I didn't always realize the role it played in the bigger picture. The Path of a Leader is a collection of those insights: honest stories, simple frameworks, and hard-won lessons for leaders carrying real weight.

If you’ve ever thought,

“This is harder than I expected… but I’m not backing down,”

 this series is for you.

Explore The Path of a Leader Series

The Path of a Leader Writing Series.

A COLLECTION OF LEADERSHIP LESSONS, GROWTH INSIGHTS, AND STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES OF MY OWN LEADERSHIP JOURNEY.

Leadership isn’t a title. It's conflict, pressure, ownership, and figuring it out in real time. Over the last two decades, I’ve built teams, turned around chaos, and led when the playbook didn’t exist. I've created and launched products, business, and global programs creating $3 Billion in impact. This writing series was my reflection on meaningful moments that mattered on my path to leadership - even if I didn't always realize the role it played in the bigger picture. The Path of a Leader is a collection of those insights: honest stories, simple frameworks, and hard-won lessons for leaders carrying real weight.

If you’ve ever thought,

“This is harder than I expected… but I’m not backing down,”

 this series is for you.

Explore The Path of a Leader Series

Selected Articles

Selected Articles

Trust. Business Catalyst or Achilles’ Heel?

What if character and competence were the primary concern for building your business ...
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4 Types of Teams. Duct Tape Teams & 3 Others.

You know how some teams are like a finely tuned orchestra, each member in perfect harmony with the othe...
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SCARF: It's Like an X-Ray of the Team and What's Broken

What if character and competence were the primary concern for building your business ...
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Dream Killers, Status Quo, The Resistance and The Lizard Brain

What stops progress?
What hinders those that GSD?Dream Killers and Lovers of Status Quo. These are...
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Articles

Articles

How Content Creators Use Reverse Engineering to Craft Amazing Reader Experiences justin mccullough blog Dec 14, 2016
Most content is written in isolation. Strategy emerges when every piece is built to support something larger. When authority is engineered intentionally — not accidentally — your content stops being a collection of pos...
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Slow Burn. Ideas Worth Developing. justin mccullough blog Dec 01, 2016
Not every good idea deserves immediate action. Some ideas need oxygen, time, and quiet attention. The ones that keep resurfacing — connecting, expanding, gaining clarity — are often the ones worth building.

 

Delay...

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Forgetting 30 Father’s Day’s. Remembering an Alcoholic. justin mccullough blog justin's personal blog Jun 18, 2016
Some days are meant to be remembered. Others blur into silence. When love is real but unspoken, and pain lingers beneath routine, even the most sacred occasions can slip away — leaving us wishing we had found braver wo...
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Fury of the Tornado. The First Memory I have that Dad was an Alcoholic. justin mccullough blog justin's personal blog Apr 16, 2016
Some childhood memories don’t fade — they fracture. A moment of chaos can split a life into before and after, leaving a child suspended between love, fear, and forces far too large to understand.

 

Slung over his s...

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Dad Was an Alcoholic. The Untold Story. justin mccullough blog justin's personal blog Apr 15, 2016
A man can be many things at once — wounded and powerful, destructive and generous, lost and determined. Memory does not erase the damage, but neither does it cancel the love. Sometimes the truest legacy is not perfecti...
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Rebuilding Yourself – How To Be A Better Person justin mccullough blog justin's personal blog Apr 12, 2016
Lasting change doesn’t begin with motivation — it begins with alignment. When values move from abstraction to action, character reshapes itself over time. Who you repeatedly choose to be becomes who you are.

 

What...

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Business Core Values or Die! Apr 11, 2016
Core values are not slogans or décor. They are the operating system of a business — shaping decisions, defining behavior, and determining how employees and customers experience your company. What you stand for is what ...
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50 Pieces of Wisdom for Entrepreneurs justin mccullough blog justin's personal blog Apr 10, 2016
Business is rarely transformed by one breakthrough idea. It is shaped, refined, and strengthened by the accumulation of small convictions lived consistently. Progress belongs to those who align intention, action, and c...
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Separated From Sin justin mccullough blog justin's personal blog Apr 08, 2016
The cross was not merely an act of sacrifice — it was a transition from law to grace, from striving to freedom. In Christ, the weight of sin is lifted and a new life begins, no longer mastered by condemnation but defin...
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Bold Purpose Book justin mccullough blog justin's personal blog Apr 07, 2016
Faith was never meant to remain private or still. When obedience meets intention, ordinary things become vessels of blessing. A single act of courage can begin a chain of purpose far beyond what one person can see.
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Anointed At A Level The World Is Not Familiar With – Chip Brim justin mccullough blog justin's personal blog Apr 06, 2016
The power isn’t the mystery — the motive is. When life is filtered through one aim, everything gets simpler: words, decisions, reactions, priorities. Not perfect… just aligned. The kind of alignment that keeps you plug...
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Why Only 6 out of 100 People Will Truly Live justin mccullough blog justin's personal blog Apr 05, 2016
The calendar doesn’t lie. Days stack into weeks, weeks into years — and eventually into a life. The question isn’t whether you were busy… it’s whether it all pointed somewhere. It’s possible to be enthusiastic, talente...
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