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What if the real test of your success isn’t just the health of your company, but the health of your city? In this episode, we challenge business owners to think beyond the balance sheet and take responsibility in the civic arena. From a Medici fresco to modern coalitions, we lay out a practical path to be political in the classical sense: serving the common good with humility and patience.
Some topics covered are:
- Why business owners should be political
- The original meaning of “politics”
- Lessons from Lorenzo de' Medici
- Blending business, faith, and city impact
- 3 key questions to guide civic action
- Leading through collaboration
- Humility and patience in change-making
- Civic impact as part of your brand
- And more...
Chapters
1. Welcome And Theme Setup (00:00:00)
2. Be Polite, Be Political (00:00:42)
3. Personal Roots In Politics (00:02:35)
4. Medici Lesson: Crossing Boundaries (00:05:21)
5. The Sassetti Chapel Fresco (00:08:33)
6. Redefining Politics As City Duty (00:11:40)
7. Three Questions For Owners (00:14:08)
8. Church, Ecclesia, And The City (00:18:10)
9. Beyond Business To Civic Impact (00:22:05)
10. Humility, Nuance, And Pitfalls (00:25:18)
11. Patience, Compromise, And Process (00:29:05)
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