Captaincy: Reclaim Control of Life and Work

It's nine at night and you're still answering messages. The team got what they needed from you today, and so did the clients and the family. Nobody asked how you are.

You're doing everything you were told to do. So why does it feel like something's missing?

There's an old fable about a goose that laid golden eggs. The eggs are the results: work delivered, income, reputation, the home you built, the family you hold together. The goose is you. Most of us spend our lives counting eggs. Few of us look after the goose. Captaincy is the word I use for looking after yourself so you can also look after your team. It's how you look after the goose.

Captaincy is leadership from within the action, and it starts with leading yourself. The book reaches into your own experience, challenges how you think, and asks you to take ownership of the decisions that shape your work and your life. It gives you the tools leaders use to decide well: a compass for what matters, better questions, personal rules, clarity under pressure, and time and attention management. Then it applies them to change, health, money, AI and how you set up your days. It sets you up to be in command of your career and your life.

The book has three sections and thirty short chapters. Read it as a 30-day reset, one chapter a day, or open it anywhere and start with the part you need. Every chapter ends with Key Thoughts and a Try It you can do the same day.