Ep 35 - Know Where You Stand: The Foundation of Virtuous Leadership | The Whetstone

📘 Summary: In this episode of The Whetstone, Dredd, Dark Helmet, and The Plague cut to the core of leadership: clarity, conviction, and mentorship. What does it mean to truly know where you stand? How do men transition from leading to multiplying leaders? And what role do humility, curiosity, and deliberate purpose — “Deliberatude” — play in sharpening others?Join the trio as they collide faith, leadership, and experience — with wisdom drawn from F3’s Q Source, Collision Learning, and Arthur Brooks’ From Strength to Strength.

✅ Highlights ✅ Belief Before Behavior: Why men must understand what they believe before they can defend it.

✅ Deliberatude Defined: A deliberate attitude that shapes how leaders act, decide, and influence.

✅ Mentorship vs. Leadership: How great leaders don’t just lead — they disciple.

✅ The Second Half of Leadership: What to do after your Nantan or Q role ends.

✅ Osmotic Leadership: Teaching through example — how presence shapes people more than position.

✅ Say More: The secret two words that unlock deeper mentorship conversations.

💬 Sound Bites

“Beliefs you understand create where you stand.” — Dredd

“If you keep backing up, you’ll forget where you stood.” — Dredd

“You don’t have to know everything to be a mentor, just enough to care and ask good questions.” — Dark Helmet

“Leadership isn’t about position; it’s about multiplying strength in others.” — The Plague

“Deliberatude is what an intentional man looks like — moving with purpose, even through uncertainty.” — Dredd

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 – Mercy, Grace, and the Roots of Belief

03:45 – “Beliefs You Understand Create Where You Stand”

07:00 – Curiosity as a Weapon for Growth

13:00 – Calling Men Into Leadership: Lessons from Faith and F3

18:30 – Fundamentals Before Freedom: Why Consistency Matters

24:00 – The Power of Asking for Help and Mentorship

31:00 – The Second Half: From Leading to Multiplying

36:30 – Osmotic Mentorship vs. Deliberate Mentorship

41:00 – “Deliberatude”: The Missing Word in Leadership

44:00 – Confidence, Composure, and Leading Under Pressure

46:00 – Hasty vs. Deliberate Leadership Moments

50:00 – “Say More”: Coaching by Curiosity

56:00 – Mentorship vs. Leadership — Setting Up the Next Episode

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