If you’re here, something is already shifting.

Maybe you’ve achieved the external success — the title, the authority, the track record — and it hasn’t resolved the internal question. Maybe you’ve noticed that the strategies that got you here are starting to create friction you can’t explain. Maybe you’re just tired of leadership content that stops at the surface.

Whatever brought you here: welcome.

I’m Jason Rigby. Marine. Futures trader. Philosopher. I write about the inner game of leadership — the unconscious patterns running your decisions, the nervous system responses hijacking your clarity, and the ancient wisdom traditions that mapped this interior territory long before modern leadership theory existed.

This isn’t motivation. This isn’t productivity optimization. This is the work beneath the work.

How This Publication Works

Every Monday: A new podcast episode — 15-20 minutes of the interior leadership conversation you won’t hear anywhere else.

Every Thursday: A deep-dive essay exploring one dimension of the inner game — Jungian shadow work, evolutionary neuroscience, Buddhist phenomenology, Stoic practice, contemplative wisdom — always landed in real leadership consequence.

The Prompt Library: Every essay and prompt I’ve ever created, organized by leadership challenge.

If You Want to Go Deeper

Paid subscribers get full access to the archive, the AI leadership prompt library, the SAL AI coaching system (.md files that turn ChatGPT or Claude into your personal leadership coach), and the paid community chat.

Founding members get everything above plus free access to every digital product I create, a 1:1 coaching session with me, and priority access to group coaching.

The SAL Content Library — Organized by Topic

Not sure where to start? Here’s every major piece I’ve published, organized by the interior territory it covers.

### Shadow Work & Unconscious Patterns

The parts of you that are leading without your permission.

### Neuroscience & Biology of Leadership

What your nervous system is doing while you think you’re making decisions.

### Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leaders

What Marcus Aurelius, Jung, the Buddha, and the contemplatives learned — applied to your Tuesday morning.

The Architecture of the Self

Who are you beneath the role?

### Empathetic & Human-Centric Leadership

What happens in the people around you as a result of how you lead.

### Systems, Discipline & Transformation

The practices that make the interior work compound over time.

Purpose-Driven Leadership & Entrepreneurship

What are you building, and is it an expression of who you actually are?

The full archive, the AI coaching tools, and the community of leaders doing this work are all waiting behind the paid tier.