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The Tension Podcast equips leaders to embrace complexity, transform opposing ideas, and unlock powerful breakthroughs. Through thought-provoking interviews, insightful book reviews, and deep-dive explainers, we explore how mastering paradoxes can lead to clarity, alignment, and innovation in work and life.
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Episode #47: Trevor Hightower on Why Clarity of Identity Changes Everything
What if your greatest compulsions are the key to unlocking your calling?
 • Tim Sweetman and Trevor Hightower
On Planning, Surrender, and Baptized Anxiety
My December Ritual
 • Tim Sweetman
The Hospitality Paradox
When Care Costs Nothing but Changes Everything
 • Tim Sweetman
What Chick-fil-A Operator Tim Sweetman Learned from a Michelin-Starred Restaurant
Really excited to share with you an article published in QSR Magazine this week highlighting some of the work I’ve done and the philosophy I’ve carried…
 • Tim Sweetman
Why Most Managers Fail (And What Great Leaders Actually Do)
A Conversation with Dave Kline
 • Tim Sweetman
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Episode #46: Peter Greer on Staying Mission True, Leading with Prayer, and Not Losing Your Soul in the Process
Peter Greer—CEO of HOPE International and one of the strongest voices in faith-driven leadership—dropped by to talk about what it really takes to lead…
 • Tim Sweetman
The Feed Is Infinite, My Time Is Not
The Real Questions We Should Be Asking
 • Tim Sweetman
The Warp and the Weft
Thoughts About Our Lives on the Creator's Loom
 • Tim Sweetman
What They Don't Tell You
A List of 25 Life Lessons.
 • Tim Sweetman
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Episode #45: Andrew Clark on Venturing Differently, Faith, and Founders
Throughout this conversation, Andrew Clark shares:
 • Tim Sweetman and Andrew Clark
Let the References Speak
The Hidden Science of Reference Checks: Why Most People Do Them Wrong (And How to Do Them Right)
 • Tim Sweetman
Intentional Inefficiency
Hitting the Brakes Before It's Too Late
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