A Marine combat veteran on staying in control when everything around you blows up, and why adding value is the way through.
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A moment from Michael's TEDxRaleigh talk on adding value in explosive situations.
Leadership isn't motivation. It's an operating system.
A long-form conversation with Clay Clark.
Marine Corps combat camera interview, Kajaki, Afghanistan, May 2011.
Michael on the Special Application Scoped Rifle, Kajaki, Afghanistan, 2011.
How the 5 Paragraph Operating System turns chaos into execution.
Outpost Shrine, Kajaki, with the Police Advisory Team.
Public-domain Marine Corps combat camera footage from Outpost Shrine, May 23, 2011.
Nothing is impossible with a plan everyone understands.
A military-proven plan that fits on one page.
From Profiles in Courage, read by Michael J. Penney.
Lead by example, and action will follow.
Talks, podcasts, essays, and features.
Cigars and Sea Stories, The 5P Show, the Truth explanations and The Michael J. Penney Show. Pick a show or search every episode. About the archive →
Monday and Thursday nights at 9 Eastern: current events, watch parties, great speeches and long conversations, streamed live on Pilled and Rumble at the same time.
Explanations of the news and the history behind it.
How-tos and interviews on the 5 Paragraph method: running a business the way the military plans a mission.
The veterans show I co-founded and hosted: nearly 300 episodes of cigars, sea stories and the guests who told them.
The TEDxRaleigh talk and times I was a guest on other people's shows.
277: James Overton, K9 HandlerCigars and Sea Stories · Mar 2018 · Youtube
276: POSA Part 2 Firearms As ToolsCigars and Sea Stories · Mar 2018 · Youtube
Why we do Cigars & Sea StoriesCigars and Sea Stories · Mar 2018 · Youtube
275: Principles of Small ArmsCigars and Sea Stories · Mar 2018 · Youtube
274: The OfficeCigars and Sea Stories · Mar 2018 · Youtube
273: Conflict ResolutionCigars and Sea Stories · Mar 2018 · Youtube
272: Wrist WatchesCigars and Sea Stories · Mar 2018 · Youtube
271: Boot LeaveCigars and Sea Stories · Feb 2018 · Youtube
270: Sports in the MilitaryCigars and Sea Stories · Feb 2018 · Youtube
269: HOCOA: Home Owners Clubs of AmericaCigars and Sea Stories · Feb 2018 · Youtube