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The Sovereign Guide
Navigating Cycles, Avoiding Hippos, and Inviting Curiosity.
Where most people see randomness and uncertainty; Alastair looks for the cycle. Most people want a life without problems; Alastair is seeking a life of new and more interesting problems.
The Sovereign Guide is a podcast for the entrepreneurs, ronins and seekers who are tired of recycled, regurgitated, advice masquerading as “wisdom.” Drawing from a life story that spans from the Zimbabwean Civil War to the depths of the American financial crisis, Alastair explores the magic and power of expanded horizons, alternative perspectives, contrarian approaches and a life spent chasing what truly interests you.
This isn’t a show about “tips and tricks.” It’s about intellectual dynamism and courage to seek out the uncertainty that so many fear.
Curiosity, work ethic and gratitude, have gifted him a life of incredible richness and remarkable adventure. He wishes the same for you – it’s the reason he’s doing this. (Ask him about the time he washed up, with little food and no means of communicating, on an island that turned out to be a leper colony.)
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Episodes
66 episodes
Episode 66: Avatars - Designed and Betrayed
An active practice in my community is avatar design and upgrades. Think of an avatar the way you would in a game; the version of yourself you load into a given context, complete with skins (how you present), loadouts (the tools, language, and m...
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Episode 65: "NO REGERTS!" for Fools and Monsters
We've convinced ourselves that claiming a life of no regrets signals strength, confidence, and capability. But what if the opposite is true? What if an avoidance of regrets ensures weakness, ignorance, and stagnation? "There's gold...
Episode 64: Game Theory Explained
This is a excerpt from a private training for a group of dental practice managers / leaders where I walked through game theory as a framework for understanding how people behave in conflict — explaining how every player's actions are shaped by ...
Episode 63: Reprimands that Actually Work
In the prior episode we identified the elements and delivery of a standard reprimand; why it undermines culture, creates an environment of low safety and doesn't stimulate growth. Now, we meet again to deliver the framework to reverse all of th...
Episode 62: Your Reprimands Are Broken
Have you noticed how often you have to reprimand the same people, or different people with the same problem? The premise of a reprimand is to stimulate growth and change in your organization via processes and the people that drive them. Why the...
Episode 61: "What do you even do..?!"
Trying to bring order to chaos. I talk about this podcast and explain the method to what appears to be madness. I go into the nature of my work - what I do, how I do it, and who I do it with.
Episode 60: Fallacies and Certainties
Our need for certainty can be so overpowering that it will sometimes induce us to rewrite history. Some thoughts on this instinct, the problems it causes, and what we might do to improve it.
Episode 59: A SWIFT kick in the Assets
In this episode, I unpack one of the most underappreciated turning points in modern financial history and explain how this single act shattered the 80-year global trust network. Once you see it, you won't be able to look at interest rates, the ...
Episode 58: "Elon-gated:" Force-feeding SpaceX into your Portfolio
The NASDAQ is changing the rules for the worlds wealthiest man - and you're going to help make it worth their while. You, your parents, customers, cousins and friends are about to be force fed ownership of SpaceX. Whether you know it, like it o...
Episode 57: Field Report from a Parallel Universe
I went for a hike through the Green Gate and fell into a parallel universe. I am thinking of moving there full-time. If you're reading this, I'd love to have you "immigrate" with me. All the cool people live there, and there is an endless suppl...
Episode 56: Wasted equity. THE fix for broken incentives
One of the most persistent belief systems in modern business, is that by giving someone equity they automatically increase their contribution and engagement. Why is it that this is just not the lived reality more often than not?! Using v...
Episode 55: Oil vs. Blood. A Collision of Supply Chains and Sacred History
Something cirtical is missing in our planning for, discussions of, and expectations about the Iran conflict. through the largely Ignoring the lens of centuries old belief systems, cultural idealogy, and theological resolve, we start to see that...
Episode 54: The Conversation is Shifting
The Sovereign Guide — Rebranded and rebooted. In this episode, I explain this most recent shift with the podcast, from the prior The Full Cycle Entrepreneur and the original The Third Rail Entrepreneur, why, how a...
Episode 53: Punishing Ambition
An employee asks for a raise. You feel defensive. They double down...so do you. It's all a misunderstanding rooted in a scarcity mindset that undermines true entrepreneurship.
Episode 52: Avoiding the Guillotine
Do what you do. Love what you love. But as the cycle changes, optics really matter. Here's how.
Episode 51: A Shout-Out to the Selfish
How our indulgences and obsessions help others live lives that they love.
Episode 50: True Mastery - Part 2
True mastery in action. I share my own personal journey plus a few case studies.
Episode 49: True Mastery - Part 1
This single concept transformed everything for me. Embracing and embodying it has had a profound impact—and it has the power to radically change your life, too.
Episode 48: NOPEtism
How and why we lower the bar for friends and family. How and why it’s a bad idea to do so. Looking back on a powerful lesson from my very first mentor.
Episode 47: Vulnerability. Power or Poison?
Up, down, or across. A lesson from the field.
Episode 46: A New World Order - Part 3
How to navigate market and economic volatility with clarity and caution—where success is defined differently. Highlighting the hidden cost of current tariff policies, framing them as a “sword without a shield” that harms U.S. consumers more tha...
Episode 45: A New World Order - Part 2
We continue to unpack how the collapse of global cooperation—once maintained under Pax Americana—has given way to a multi-player world of economic self-preservation and escalating risk. Using game theory and historical precedent, I'll explain w...
Episode 44: A New World Order - Part 1
Don't skip this - We explore the end of Pax Americana and the beginning of a new global order shaped by tariffs, fractured alliances, and ideological calcification. This foundational conversation offers historical context, current implications,...
