The Captain's Craft.
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You said: “Four to five hours a week, in public, under my own name, for twelve weeks. No certificate. No cohort. I expect to be worse at this than I think I am.”Week-0 commitment · posted 2026-04-18 · day 9 of 100

You're 1 week behindagainst your own schedule. Press on, or pause cleanly — both are decisions a captain makes. Don't drift.

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Week 01 of 12

Orientation — Why captaincy is distinctive.

Understanding what makes the captain's leadership context unlike any other.

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This week
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Focused session time
Reading
0/30 min
Prime + interstitial
Artifacts shipped
0/12
0 notes · 0 polished
Next milestone
Wk 3 essay
ownership polished

The arc

  1. 1
    Orientation
  2. 2
    Intent
  3. ★
    3
    Ownership
  4. 4
    Fatigue
  5. 5
    Adaptive
  6. ★
    6
    Integration
  7. 7
    Tactical
  8. 8
    Written
  9. ★
    9
    Influence
  10. 10
    Culture
  11. 11
    Failure
  12. ★
    12
    Philosophy

This week · the four Ps

Session 1
Prime
Executive summary and key findings of the USN 2017 Comprehensive Review.
30m
Session 2
Play
TDG — the Fitzgerald bridge at 0130. Re-taken cold in week 6.
1h 15m
Session 3
Process
Where did your situational awareness diverge from the actual OOD's?
45m
Session 4
Publish
Working note — one keepable sentence plus 150 words of context.
20m

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