Wednesday, February 11, 2026

WEDNESDAY — PERSPECTIVE & PRACTICE

“Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know — and what we don’t know — about whatever we’re trying to learn.”

— William Zinsser

Most of us treat writing as the final step – getting finished thoughts onto a page. But cognitive research suggests we have it backwards: writing isn’t how we express what we think, it’s how we discover what we think… making it perhaps the most underrated tool in a leader’s mental operating system. For more, Check out Why “Read More” May Be the Most Underrated Thinking Advice We Have.

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Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad