📘 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices