Appendix A - The Practices Are Subtractions

Francois Wessels

Published on: 26/08/2026

Most books of practices ask you to add one more thing to an overfull life. This one doesn't. A working field guide to the Safety, Story, and Strategy practices behind the SSS Framework — reframed as removals, not homework — with usable exercises.

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Chapter 8 - What Does This Actually Look Like on a Tuesday Morning?

Francois Wessels

Published on: 17/07/2026

Understanding a leadership framework and living it are two different achievements. This week's reflection looks at why insight alone doesn't change a Tuesday morning — and the small, repeatable practice that actually does.

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Chapter 7 - Your Body Already Knows — The Question Is Whether You're Listening

Francois Wessels

Published on: 10/07/2026

You can be delivering, respected, and still feel something has gone quiet inside. This week's reflection explores interoception — the body's own intelligence — and why learning to listen to it may be the leadership skill no one taught you.

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Chapter 6 - Strategy Is Not a Plan. It Is a Way of Being.

Francois Wessels

Published on: 07/07/2026

Strategy is not merely planning. In this reflection on embodied intelligence, discover why wise action begins with sensing — and how the rhythm of Sense, Shape, Sustain can transform leadership from defended performance into inhabitable presence.

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