# better questions (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover better questions. Page: Feed: --- ## [Behind The Exception Code #47 - After the Applause](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/behind-the-exception-code-47-after) _2026-08-26 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ What happens after the interview ends, the audience leaves, and you return to the quiet work of becoming the leader you spoke about. ## [LEADERSHIP LETTER 47 - Delayed Decisions Are Still Decisions](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/leadership-letter-47-delayed-decisions) _2026-08-24 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ What leaders postpone, organizations still carry. ## [What I Couldn't Buy Her at Target](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/what-i-couldnt-buy-her-at-target) _2026-08-23 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ An everyday carry of three questions for the teenage years. ## [Behind The Exception Code #46 - The Most Difficult Person I Have Ever Led](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/behind-the-exception-code-46-the) _2026-08-19 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ A reflective piece revealing that sometimes the hardest leadership challenge is leading yourself. ## [Leadership Letter 46 - The Leader Who Is Always Available May Not Be Fully Present](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/leadership-letter-46-the-leader-who) _2026-08-17 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ Access to your time is not the same as access to your attention. ## [Who's actually talking?](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/whos-actually-talking) _2026-08-17 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ Your inner voice isn't really yours. A five-minute exercise to find out who's doing the talking... ## [Behind The Exception Code #45 - The People Behind Every Leader](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/behind-the-exception-code-45-the) _2026-08-12 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ A tribute to support systems, humility, and the people whose names never appear on the organizational chart ## [LEADERSHIP LETTER 45 - The Meeting Before the Meeting Is Often the Real Meeting](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/leadership-letter-45-the-meeting) _2026-08-10 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ What your formal meetings permit, your informal conversations reveal. ## [The Person Who Gets Invited Back](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/the-person-who-gets-invited-back) _2026-08-09 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ Two questions for winning the game of life ## [Behind The Exception Code #44 - Leadership Is Heavy Because People Matter](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/behind-the-exception-code-44-leadership) _2026-08-05 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ A deeply human reflection on burnout, responsibility, and why carrying leadership well requires more than endurance. ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/15Emelxfpjp8) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Leadership Letter 44 - Your Calendar Is Your Leadership Confession](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/leadership-letter-44-your-calendar) _2026-08-03 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ What you protect is what you really lead ## [Don't Give Your Kids Better Rules. Give Them Better Questions.](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/dont-give-your-kids-better-rules) _2026-08-02 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ Five questions that helped us build our family technology agreement... ## [Leadership as a Vow Theory™](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/leadership-as-a-vow-theory) _2026-08-01 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ Why Leadership Should Be Measured by the Promises Kept Under Pressure ## [Behind The Exception Code #43 - Why Purpose Outlasts Motivation](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/behind-the-exception-code-43-why) _2026-07-29 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ One of the strongest ideas from CEO Ka Palé, expanded far beyond what was possible during the event. ## [Leadership Letter 43 - Legacy Is What Repeats Without You](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/leadership-letter-43-legacy-is-what) _2026-07-27 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ Legacy is not presence preserved. It is purpose transferred ## [209 Boxes.](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/209-boxes) _2026-07-26 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ What moving our entire life taught me about the stuff you can't put in a box... ## [Behind The Exception Code: SPECIAL EDITION](https://johnathanjohannes.substack.com/p/behind-the-exception-code-special-df0) _2026-07-24 · Johnathan Johannes · The Exception Code_ Awards May Get a Book Noticed. Readers Help It Get Trusted. ## [The best decision you'll ever make is one you only make once...](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/the-best-decision-youll-ever-make) _2026-07-19 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ Why your future self needs your help today ## [How do you want to remember this?](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/how-do-you-want-to-remember-this) _2026-07-11 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ The one question that changes what you'll remember—while you're still living it. ## [What do you have now that you would have begged for years ago?](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/what-do-you-have-now-that-you-would-2a8) _2026-07-06 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ I didn't realize the answer until eight cousins quietly walked back to the kitchen table. ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yHoL5RGscL7I) _2026-07-06 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [I ran 26.2 miles without headphones...](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/i-ran-262-miles-without-headphones) _2026-06-28 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ A seven-hour run, a classroom lesson, and a decision that will shape my next year ## [What are you really trying to accomplish?](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/what-are-you-really-trying-to-accomplish-da7) _2026-06-20 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ A family rebellion, a great question, and a reminder to focus on what matters... ## [Now what?](https://keepasking.substack.com/p/now-what) _2026-06-13 · Kyle Aldous · Keep Asking_ the question that woke me up at 12:30 a.m.