Timeless & Timely | Scott Monty | Substack

Your Guide Through Uncertainty

Essays and quotes from our archives

Jul 19, 2024 •

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Hang Onto Your Hat

Jan 3, 2024 • Scott Monty

Habits of Happy and Successful People

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The Most Important Machine of the Year

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Four Classes of Readers

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Content for any life-long learner interested in values

Character

Profiles in Cowardice

Not making a decision is making a decision. The coward’s way.

Oct 30, 2024 •

Extraordinary Selflessness Leadership

This is rare and exemplary.

Jul 22, 2024 •

Character Matters

More than anything

Jul 3, 2024 •

Setting an Example

Do the right thing, even when no one is looking

Nov 29, 2023 •

The Small Things

Where character truly shines

Sep 19, 2023 •

Integrity

From the Archives — Speaking Your Mind

Two timeless reflections on courage and integrity

Nov 22, 2024 •

With Integrity Comes Courage

Standing up for your beliefs in the face of adversity

Nov 20, 2024 •

Unassailability

Don't give people a reason to doubt

Nov 18, 2024 •

Profiles in Cowardice

Not making a decision is making a decision. The coward’s way.

Oct 30, 2024 •

Noblesse Oblige

Leaders have a duty to speak up.

Oct 23, 2024 •

Values

Old Thoughts on Christmas

We'll take a cup of kindness yet

Dec 23, 2024 •

The Ghost of Employers Present: 2024

Humbugs seem to be everywhere this season

Dec 18, 2024 •

From the Archives — Speaking Your Mind

Two timeless reflections on courage and integrity

Nov 22, 2024 •

The Meaning of Democracy

Nov 5, 2024 •

You have a moral imperative

Oct 25, 2024 •

Timeless & Timely

An Impassioned Speech

One for the record books

Jan 22 •

Podcast

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Episode 86: Don’t Be Afraid to Write in the Margins

I tend to focus on other people in the interviews on Timeless Leadership. That’s important! There are so many things to learn from other people.

Dec 17, 2024 •

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Episode 85: Staying True

There are certain instances in life when we take our responsibilities so seriously that we swear an oath.

Oct 29, 2024 •

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Episode 84: Making the Presidency with Lindsay Chervinsky

The second in command in any job gets neither the attention nor the respect that the chief does.

Oct 14, 2024 •

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Lindsay M. Chervinsky

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Episode 83: Story Time

Listen now | Humans live for stories.

Oct 8, 2024 •

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Man’s Inhumanity to Man

A timeless scourge

Dec 13, 2024 •

From the Archives — Speaking Your Mind

Two timeless reflections on courage and integrity

Nov 22, 2024 •

The Penalty of Leadership

Wisdom from a vintage ad

Nov 15, 2024 •

This week has been a bit of a roller coaster.

Nov 8, 2024 •

You have a moral imperative

Oct 25, 2024 •

🕖 Off the Clock

Banished Words for 2025

Jan 4 •

The Word of the Year

Maybe you should print this and read it offline

Dec 7, 2024 •

Putting the No in November

An ironic poem in a month typically associated with gratitude

Nov 23, 2024 •

It’s a Brave New (Old) World

Nov 9, 2024 •

💡 Timeless Reflections

The Blackest of Days

America traditionally celebrates Black Friday on the day after Thanksgiving.

Nov 29, 2024 •

Unassailability

Don't give people a reason to doubt

Nov 18, 2024 •

Reality Is Calling

Are you picking up?

Sep 13, 2024 •

Look for the Constant

Human nature tells all

Jul 26, 2024 •

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Be Aware of the Power of Your Words

You're more powerful than you think

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An Impassioned Speech

One for the record books

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How to Be More Effective by Focusing on Less

Too big to succeed

Jan 17 •

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The Need for Smaller Communities

The pernicious effects of Big Social are wearing on society. The platforms are like cities.

Jan 15 •

How to Be Authentic Amid an Instagrammified World

Stay true to yourself

Jan 10 •

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