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You don’t rise to the moment. You fall to your systems.

In this episode, Buddy gets real about intensity, ego, and leadership under pressure. Strength isn’t the problem. Lack of control is.

Power without discipline destroys rooms.

Fire without structure burns houses.

Are people safe around your strength — or careful around it?

This one might sting.

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I’m not a quiet man.

I’m intense. I believe deeply. And when I believe something, I get loud.

But I’ve learned something the hard way:

Power without control destroys rooms.

In this episode, I unpack a leadership lesson that’s cost me trust in boardrooms and forced me to confront my own ego. I used to think volume meant conviction. Speed meant clarity. Winning the argument meant winning the moment.

It doesn’t.

Proverbs 16:32 says, “Better a patient man than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.”

That verse used to bother me. I saw myself as the warrior — the guy who jumps into the fire and conquers cities. Now I’m learning the harder battle is conquering myself.

We talk about:

• Why intensity without restraint erodes trust
• The difference between conviction and control
• How ego hides behind “strength”
• Why self-discipline is leadership’s real power
• And how to build a “fireplace” for your fire

Because fire gives warmth.

Fire gives light.

Fire cooks meals.

But fire without structure burns buildings.

Are people safe around your strength?

Or careful around it

This one’s for leaders who refuse to shrink — but also refuse to scorch the room.

Build the fireplace.

Keep the fire.

Don’t take the bait.

Proverbs 16:32

“Better a patient man than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.”

Theme: Self-mastery over conquest.

2 Timothy 1:7

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”

(Other translations say self-control or a sound mind.)

Theme: Balanced leadership — not just power, but power + love + discipline.

This is the Buddy For Junior Show — where faith, truth, and courage come together. Join us as we explore life’s deeper purpose and carry the torch of conviction. The show begins now.

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