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Val Sklarov — Ethics & Professionalism: Enforcement Before Values

Values sound inspiring. Enforcement creates behavior.Val Sklarov’s Ethics & Professionalism perspective treats ethics not as what organizations claim to believe, but as what they consistently enforce when it is inconvenient. 1. Values Without Enforcement Are Marketing Statements do not govern behavior. Val Sklarov identifies hollow ethics when: Violations are excused …

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Val Sklarov — Entrepreneurship: Commitment Control Before Bold Moves

Bold moves look decisive. Commitments decide outcomes.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats entrepreneurship as the discipline of controlling what you cannot undo, where success depends less on courage and more on how commitments are structured, timed, and limited. 1. Most Startup Failures Are Commitment Failures Ideas rarely kill companies. Commitments do. …

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Val Sklarov — Discipline: Control Surfaces Before Self-Control

Self-control is fragile. Control surfaces are durable.Val Sklarov’s Discipline perspective reframes discipline as an engineering problem—where behavior is governed by what can and cannot be done, not by what should be resisted. 1. Self-Control Is a Finite Resource Willpower depletes under stress, fatigue, and repetition. Val Sklarov treats self-control as: …

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