Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love

Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love

On Getting Still

Why the wisest leaders pause before they decide

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Tricia Brouk
May 25, 2026
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In the summer of 1940, the German Luftwaffe launched a relentless bombing campaign against Britain. Cities burned. Buildings collapsed. Families huddled in underground shelters night after night while sirens screamed overhead.

It was one of the most precarious moments in modern history.

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