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.
033: Marine Corps Birthday, Veterans Day.....crazy Marine AnticsCigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube
017: Interview With Darrel Fusaro Part 2; artist, radio show host and, inspirational speakerCigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube
011: A Conversation with Bennett and SebastianCigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube
034: FMF Doc Brandon Buttrey, Founder of Counter Strike CoffeeCigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube
041: Mike & Juslin, Marines On A Mission To Empower OthersCigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube
030: Marty Graham, Marine veteran, Combat Marksmanship InstructorCigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube
037: Andrew Lewis, Marine Combat Veteran, Combat Marksmanship InstructorCigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube
029: Chris Dambach, Marine Combat veteran, Business LeaderCigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube
038: Dean Bundschu, Executive Director of Bunker Labs RDUCigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube
013: The Oasis pt 1Cigars and Sea Stories · Jan 2017 · Youtube