The Sovereign Guide

This is another 'Touching the Rail' (TTR) episode, where we bring you disparate thoughts and ideas and little mementos to enrich your experience. We hope that you find a moment of enrichment within. 

The first episode in the 'Touching the Rail' (TTR) installments, where Alastair shares words for you to ponder and make use of in your own lives. Right now, when we are all being forced to come up for air and take a pause from our regular, insane lives, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the instincts and propensities that we have – culturally and individually. Take this pause and find re...

The four components of the current social discontent. The best way to solve a problem is to break it into its component parts. In this episode, we cover what those pieces are that are affecting all of us – the economic, the medical, the social and the political. 

The value of experienced advice. Identifying the biggest flaw in our natural, human instincts. Separating those who cheerlead, from those who add value. The comfort and power of intellectual courage. 

The last several weeks have revealed so many things - our agreements, supply chains, assumptions, medical care, sense of commitment to each other, money, debt and the future. 

7 trillion dollars erased in 3 1/2 weeks. Where did it go? Jeff Bezos worth 110 billion dollars. Really? Every liquid market is an auction market. Is now a time to buy? Stocks are now cheap, but will they get cheaper? As entrepreneurs, what exactly is our job right now? 

As entrepreneurs, understanding the nature of recessions and contractions will help inform us how we can best prepare ourselves and our profits , where possible.

The US markets and economy are approaching the tail end of their longest expansion in history. Half of a complete business cycle is behind us. What’s next?   

Principles, philosophies, priorities, beliefs are all things that we’re sure are of our own design. But are they really? Or are you mimicking the beliefs of others?

The three critical skills to acquire and cultivate for a business and a lifetime of growth.

Ever notice how some people never seem to go without opportunities? Without clients, work, customers, patients or invitations? What is it about them ? They can do something that few else can. It's here. In a short story, from 1899. 

Your business can do so much more for you than providing money and status. It can and should create insights, education and creativity that carry over into all domains of your life. 

How could we possibly find solutions to a problem that is misdiagnosed? In the conclusion to Episode 7: Diagnosis and Prescriptions: Part 1, Alastair talks about the three critical questions to get to the heart of the matter. 

We're constantly misdiagnosing our problems and in so doing, we view the symptoms as problems. In this week's episode, Alastair takes his experiences with private clients and discusses that the biggest mistake an entrepreneur can make is mistaking symptoms for problems. He highlights why it happens and how you can fix it. 

The perceived leader vs. the actual leader, a tale of the two. In this episode, Alastair reflects on his time spent on Wall Street and shares his observations of two of Wall Street's biggest business executives. 

Alastair presents at a DSI Summit and discusses Dark Matter. We only know it by its opposite; we don't know the value of it and yet we're actively experiencing it. Alastair posits that only when we embrace it can we turn it into a superpower. 

The ultimate 3rd Rail Entrepreneur, who rose from obscurity to change the world. 

Every leader has a philosophy either inherited or created. In this episode, Alastair shares two critical first-principles. 

The entrepreneurial path is a loop from ignorance to insight to wisdom, back to ignorance. Alastair shares a story from the inner circles of American power. 

The new frontier of entrepreneurship and what lies beyond profit. Alastair discusses the adventures of business, as a vehicle towards growth - more than just money.