Straight-Line Podcast

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What an Outdoor Leadership Training Program Really Does for You | Straight Line Podcast 176

This conversation is rooted in something concrete: Straight-Line Leadership’s outdoor training, a leadership exercise that Straight-Line members go through once a year. What emerges that weekend—in a “personal presence” drill at 3:00 a.m., in a wall exercise that no one quite gets right, and in the feedback that follows—is what this episode is built around.

The opposite of a passionate life is a reasonable life | Straight-Line Podcast 174

In this episode, Mandy van der Put and Johan van der Put candidly share what really happens when reason creeps into your life: how it disguises itself as common sense, when it becomes dangerous, and why it takes on a different dimension for leaders than it does for you as an individual.

Awareness vs. Behavior: Knowledge That Stays in Your Head Dies | Straight Line Podcast 173

This episode bridges the gap between knowing and doing, and traces every pattern of inaction back to the same root cause: not a lack of information, but a lack of courage, discipline, and commitment.

When Everything Is Taken Away From You: Skull Fracture, Recovery, & Leadership Under Pressure

In October 2025, Mandy van der Put fell in her barn. This resulted in a skull fracture, a serious brain injury, a hospital stay, and months of recovery. But today, she’s back to her old self. In this episode, Johan and Mandy candidly share what really happens when everything is taken away from you all at once. When your body no longer functions, and you have to hand over your position as leader of the organization you built entirely on your own to someone else.

You're putting it off. You just call it something else. | Straight-Line Podcast Highlights

Procrastination is rarely called “procrastination.” We call it waiting for the right moment. We call it “I’m worried.” We call it “I need to understand it first.” In this episode of the Straight-Line Podcast, Kristof and Johan peel back four of those masks and show that “now” isn’t a spot on the calendar, but a mindset.

From wanting to doing: Kristof and Johan’s best insights in 2026

This is a special compilation of the Straight-Line Podcast featuring the most memorable moments of 2026, organized around a single central theme:the gap between knowing and doing.

Can't find good people? That's a whole other story. | 52 distinctions | Conditions of the Game vs. A Problem |

It's all part of the game. Watch the episode and restore your space.

Commitment vs. Trying | The 52 Distinctions | Waking Up and Seeing Contrasts

There’s no such thing as “trying.” You either do it or you don’t. Watch the episode and eliminate the backdoor.

Productivity vs. Activity podcast, episode 52: Distinctions – Straight-Line Podcast
| Productivity vs. Activity | The 52 Distinctions | Being busy doesn't mean getting results

Being busy isn't the same as getting results. Learn the difference and watch the episode today.

Results Are All That Matter vs. Being Satisfied with Insight | The 52 Distinctions | Waking Up & Seeing Contrasts

Insight is just a consolation prize. Results are all that matter. Watch the episode and stop trying to understand.