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L. David Marquet

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Author, Distancing

Former nuclear submarine commander, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Turn the Ship Around, introducing his fourth book, Distancing.

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Aug. 12, 2025

Lessons From Future You: How To Use Distancing To Unlock Brilliant Ideas

In this episode, we dive into one of creativity and leadership’s most overlooked superpowers: the ability to distance ourselves from our own immediate experience. We explore why our best work rarely happens by accident—it’s a result of disciplined, intentional decisions made from a broader perspective. We sit down with former nuclear submarine commander and bestselling author L. David Marquet, whose latest book, Distancing, unpacks the science and practice of decision-making from outside the ...