The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes 2393: A Half-Cycle Business In A Full-Cycle World Pt. 2
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Dec 3, 2025 Alastair Macdonald is an international counter-wildlife trafficking operator and esteemed keynote speaker renowned for his insights into high-agency entrepreneurship. He shares gripping stories from conflict zones and financial turmoil, urging listeners to rethink certainty and redefine success. Alastair emphasizes the importance of red-teaming strategies, viewing crises as opportunities, and cultivating autonomy. He challenges the notion of the 'single payment fallacy' and encourages a pursuit of personal passions, promoting a mindset of resilience and authenticity in uncertain times.
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Stress-Test Your Practice With Red-Teaming
- Red-team your practice by asking, "If I wanted to destroy this, how would I do it?".
- Create contingency plans with multiple fallback options to increase probability of success.
Evacuation Chaos In Congo
- Alastair recounts extracting operators from eastern DRC during armed lockdowns using layered evacuation plans.
- Teams progressed through helicopter, trucks, canoe, and finally 'go bush' options when infrastructure failed.
Certainty Is An Inside Job
- Certainty is an internal feeling, not something markets or politicians supply.
- Build capabilities and contingency plans to convert uncertainty into higher probability outcomes.
