New: Wednesday Mentoring Sessions on Substack
About foundational Leadership, Self-Reflection and Tech-Lead practises
I’ve decided to bring my mentoring work to Substack.
For years, I’ve been mentoring CTOs, tech leads, and founders (also via MentorCruise) on the real side of leadership: clarity, responsibility, discipline, and sustainable careers.
Starting this Wednesday, I’ll host a weekly mentoring session here on Substack, drawing on real-life mentoring sessions I’ve conducted with leaders. The first one will be about the Self-Mirror Book – a daily journaling mirror designed to help you stop lying to yourself and actually live up to your full potential.
Here are the first three weeks:
Week 1 — The Self-Mirror Book (Journaling Practice)
A daily system to keep yourself honest and stop drifting.
👉 Link to Session
Week 2 — The 4 Leadership Pillars (Leadership Practice)
How to evaluate your Credibility, Role Modelling, Vision & Mission, and Challenge — and how to improve them deliberately.
Week 3 — The Three Stoic Circles (Intentional Decision Making)
Control, Influence, No Control — how to stay clear-headed and make the right decisions under pressure.
This is a commitment-based programme with two levels:
Mentoring Articles
(Paid subscribers)
Paid subscribers get access to the full written mentoring articles, including the intro video for each topic. That alone is enough to work effectively with the practice on your own.
Access to paid articles + Intro Videos
Access to paid Substack Live Sessions
Extended Version
(“Leadership Transformation Tier.” tier)
My mentoring typically happens via live video calls; I want to bring that depth here as well.
✅ You become a discipulus of your craft as a leader. Every week, you learn a new practice to improve your leadership habits, identity, and clarity.
It’s called Transformation because you won’t stay the person you are today.
You grow into:
a calm & controlled decision-maker
a credible role model worth following
someone who creates clarity for themselves and others
a leader grounded in purpose and responsibility
As a Transformation member, you’ll get:
An extended audio version of each session, where I go deeper and share more of my own experience, in a no-BS way. We want change, NOT decoration.
Access to a Founders-only chat, where all extended material lives
The ability to ask questions and get my feedback directly (Q&A).
Please think of this as a group dojo: a quiet place where serious leaders work on themselves together.
I hereby invite you to join me on this endeavor. 🙂
— Adrian
Preview Intro for:
Self-Mirror-Journal – Practise Self Mastery
It will be about the daily leadership practice that keeps you honest, focused, and aligned with the person you want to become.
Optional: For early Substack readers — 20% off for 12 months
Use code: SUBSTACK25
(Expires: 20 Nov 2025)