What can we learn from politicians who overperform

For the aspiring thought leader, it is less important to have an undergirding of scholarly research than it is to be your idea—to perform and hawk it relentlessly. Sinek was good at this: He embodied his own dogma about living one’s life in service of a single, pulsing “why.”

National politics

If you want to change the world and politics is your scene, lining up on your 'side' and playing tug-o'-war is the least valuable thing you can do. Instead, you can have a much bigger impact if you work on changing the game.

Three examples of game-changing levers in politics are laws, technology, and education. Laws include things l

He would share the formula he had worked out with his editor years ago: have a provocative point of view that overturns conventional wisdom, back it up with robust data or compelling case studies, and c) draw broadly applicable insights and implications that are useful for as wide of an audience as possible across multiple industries.