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Cynthia Jamieson explores the hidden devotion behind modern leadership and the conflict between pressure and vision in high-achieving leaders.

Send us Fan Mail What are you worshipping? In this week's BOLD episode, I explore the hidden devotion behind modern leadership and why most high-achieving leaders aren’t stuck, they’re split. Split between pressure and vision. Between competence and alignment. Drawing from my own journey, including time in India, I unpack how subtle self-betrayals compound, how identity forms through meaning-making, and why leadership is spiritual vs. strategic. You’ll learn: • Why pressure is not your ...

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Host: Cynthia Jamieson

Topics covered

• leadership
• self-betrayal
• identity
• spirituality
• pressure
• vision

Keywords

• leadership
• pressure
• self-betrayal
• identity
• spiritual leadership
• vision
• alignment

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Places: India

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