Reading room.
Essays and frameworks from the Say Less Unscripted team. When an idea deserves more than a timestamp, it lives here.
THE DUCK OR EAGLE TEST: HOW TO SPOT THE WRONG HIRE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
Mike Rasmussen’s framework for hiring decisions and why great leaders keep trying to turn ducks into eagles. When is the exact point they should cut losses instead.
THE 21 DAY HABIT MYTH: WHY REAL CHANGE ACTUALLY TAKES 77 DAYS
The 21 day habit rule is wrong. Research puts it closer to 77 days. What the real science says about habit formation, and the framework Ashley Clayborn uses.
BOUNDARIES ARE HIGHWAY MEDIANS, NOT WALLS: THE FRAMEWORK THAT CHANGES HOW YOU LEAD
Why most boundary advice fails leaders! Dr. Jada Jackson’s Highway Median framework for boundaries that protects relationships instead of ending them.
THE ALPHA WOMAN FRAMEWORK: HOW TO LEAD WITHUT BEING CALLED AGGRESSIVE
Dr. Jada Jackson’s three-style communication playbook for ambitious women: Passive, Aggressive, Assertive and why only one of them actually works
FOUNDER MENTAL HEALTH: THE SURVIVAL GUIDE NOBODY GAVE YOU
A practical mental-health playbook for founders and operators pulled from Dr. Jada Jackson, Kelvin Smith, and Ashley Clayborn on Say Less Unscripted
WHY SAY LESS UNSCRIPTED EXISTS
Most leadership podcast are a sermon. We wanted the unscripted version. Why we started Say Less Unscripted was for real conversations, real framework, and real people.