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Author: Michael A Aponte

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Thinking 2 Think is the podcast for leaders, educators, and professionals who want to think clearly, decide wisely, and lead effectively in a complex world. Each episode breaks down the ideas, mental models, and historical lessons that improve judgment under pressure — across leadership, culture, civics, finance, politics, and current events.


Hosted by M.A. Aponte — author of The Logical Mind, Executive Director of a public charter school and founder of Aponte Strategic Advisory — the show blends Stoic philosophy, decision science, and real-world experience to help listeners move beyond slogans, bias, and surface-level analysis.


With a background spanning the U.S. Army, finance, law enforcement, and education leadership, Aponte brings a rare cross-disciplinary perspective to the challenges of modern leadership and decision-making. This is not commentary for entertainment. It is structured thinking for people who take responsibility seriously.


If you want sharper judgment, stronger mental models, and a more disciplined way to understand the world, Thinking 2 Think is built for you.


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Topics: critical thinking · decision-making · leadership · Stoic philosophy · financial literacy · civics · cognitive bias · history · current events

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Send us Fan Mail Stop paying for software that almost fits your business. In this live workshop replay, I build four real business tools from scratch, each from one prompt, using AI and no code. You'll watch me build: • A coaching website with booking built in, published live • An instant quote calculator for priced services • An invoice app with a working test-mode checkout • A follow-up and review request tracker Then we take a real attendee problem and turn it into a working first ...
Send us Fan Mail Recorded from a 10/8/26 Workshop. SIGN UP FOR FUTURE WORKSHOPS! Have a problem you understand and an idea for a tool that could help? This workshop introduces how to turn that idea into an app using AI, without needing a technical background. Designed for educators, nonprofit leaders, and small business owners, the session covers: Turning a familiar problem into a clear app-building briefWhat Base44 handles—and what remains your responsibilityCommon mistakes, practical testin...
Send us Fan Mail I Banned Phones Before My State Did. Here Is What Actually Happened. Twenty-six states now have laws requiring schools to ban or restrict student cellphone use, and twenty-two of those laws passed in 2025 alone. Florida passed the first one in May 2023. Utah's bell-to-bell ban took effect July 1, 2026. New Jersey's statewide policy takes effect this September. Public support is strong and bipartisan, with 74 percent of American adults backing phone bans during class according...
Send us Fan Mail 27 States Are Writing AI Rules for Your Kid's School. I Run One. Here's What They're All Missing. Twenty-seven states have active AI-in-education bills in 2026. Five are already law. Ohio's House Bill 96 required every public, community, and STEM school district in the state, more than 600 of them, to adopt a formal board-approved AI policy by July 1, 2026. California released a statewide model AI policy for districts on June 25. Virginia's law took effect July...
Send us Fan Mail How Jamie Dimon Thinks — And What a Former JPMorgan Banker Wants You to Know I worked at JPMorgan Chase as a banker, under Jamie Dimon. I wasn't in his inner circle, but I was close enough to watch how that organization thought, moved, and made decisions under pressure. And it changed how I think about money, leadership, and risk forever. In this episode, I break down the five mental habits behind Dimon's 20-year run as the most powerful banker in th...
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