👋 You’re a brilliant engineer.
You’ve mastered the code, earned respect, and now you’ve been promoted.

Suddenly, the job isn’t about solving technical problems.
It’s about leading humans.

That’s where many engineers struggle.

Meetings go quiet.
Decisions bottleneck.
Delegation feels awkward.
Imposter syndrome creeps in.

What made you successful - technical mastery - suddenly isn’t enough.

If you’re a CEO or CTO, you’ve seen this story play out:
Your rockstar IC gets promoted... and flounders.
You risk losing both a great engineer and your leadership pipeline.

👉 That’s why I created coded2lead — coaching for engineers making the IC → leader leap.

With 20+ years scaling teams and shipping software, I’ve lived both sides.

Today I help engineers:

•  Build trust
•  Read the room
•  Run meetings people actually speak in
•  Stop accidentally becoming bottlenecks

In other words:
I help engineers become trusted leaders.

✨ My approach blends systems thinking with emotional intelligence.
Leadership isn’t just what you say — it’s what you train every day.

If you or your engineers are navigating this transition, let’s talk.

📅 Book a coaching intro call: coded2lead.com

Robert Harris

I’m Natan — Team Lead. Tech Entrepreneur. Strategist.

After 7 years in software development, I’ve learned one thing: code matters, but strong teams, strategic thinking, and emotional intelligence matter more.

I write for those who want to be more than just good engineers — for those who want to be respected, followed, and heard.

In my content, you’ll find:
🔹 How to make decisions when there’s no clear right answer
🔹 How to build trust and lead with emotional awareness
🔹 How to stay grounded when everything feels chaotic

I don’t just share wins — I share lessons, mistakes, and what I learn along the way. Because real growth comes from honesty, strategy, and empathy.

Follow if that resonates with you. I’m here to think out loud, grow, and lead — together with you.

Natan Mohart

Most people think charisma is a gift.
You’re either born with it or you’re not.

But Dale Carnegie proved the opposite.
Charisma is not magic.
It’s a skill. And like any skill, it can be trained.

I used to think “charismatic people” were just lucky:
➞ They always knew what to say.
➞ They lit up every room.
➞ They made connections effortlessly.

Then I realized: they weren’t born that way.
They practiced behaviors that anyone can learn.

Here are Carnegie’s 7 simple rules to become magnetic in any room:

1. Smile – the fastest trust-builder.
2. Make people feel important – really see them.
3. Be a good listener – listen to understand, not just to reply.
4. Remember names – the sweetest sound to anyone’s ears.
5. Hone your body language – confidence is read non-verbally.
6. Pause before speaking – silence makes you powerful.
7. Use humor – it breaks walls and builds connection.

Charisma isn’t about being the loudest voice.
It’s about making others feel valued, heard, and energized around you.

💬 Which of these 7 rules do you already use and which one do you want to master next?

—
Natan Mohart

Tech Entrepreneur | Artificial & Emotional Intelligence | Daily Leadership Insights

Dale Carnegie’s 7 Rules for Charisma By Natan Mohart

𝟵𝟵% 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱: “𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.”

He wasn’t trying to impress.
He was trying to 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭.
To make people believe, feel, remember.

For a long time, I thought charisma made a great speaker.
But Jobs proved the opposite:
it wasn’t charisma — it was clarity.

He stripped away everything unnecessary,
leaving only emotion and meaning.
He didn’t talk about products —
he told 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.

Every word, every gesture, every pause
was part of a design.
He built tension,
showed passion,
and turned simplicity into an art form.

Mastery disguised as ease.
Emotion turned into energy.
And a stage that became a mirror for everyone watching.

If you want to speak like Jobs —
don’t chase attention.
Create emotion.
Make ideas tangible.
Let people not just hear you —
but 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

I’ve gathered 𝟭𝟬 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀
that made his talks legendary —
in one clear infographic you’ll want to revisit again and again.

📊 “10 Public Speaking Secrets of Steve Jobs” — see below.

💬 What do you think makes a speaker truly unforgettable?

—
Natan Mohart

10 Public Speaking Secrets of Steve Jobs by Natan Mohart

Most people take notes to remember.
Successful people use notes to think.

For years, I treated notes like storage.
Write → forget → repeat.

Then I started paying attention to how truly successful people use them.

Not tools.
Not apps.
But thinking systems.

This infographic breaks down 6 very different approaches:

• Capture ideas before they disappear
• Structure pages so thinking stays clear
• Use diagrams when lists stop working
• Lay ideas out to see the full picture
• Reduce thoughts to their core
• Reflect regularly to recalibrate decisions

Notes aren’t about being organized.
They’re about making better decisions.

If you had to pick just one approach,
which one would you try first? 👇

Idea inspired by Ashley Couto

—
Natan Mohart

How Successful People Take Notes by Natan Mohart

Harvard spent 85 years studying one question:
What actually makes people happy?

It wasn’t money.
It wasn’t status.
It wasn’t success.

Most people were wrong.

The real answer?
Relationships.

Here are Harvard’s 7 insights that actually move the needle:

1️⃣ Put relationships first — everything else is second
2️⃣ Speak your truth — silence disconnects
3️⃣ Loneliness destroys health
4️⃣ Real conversations beat endless scrolling
5️⃣ After a certain point, money stops helping
6️⃣ Daily habits shape happiness — not milestones
7️⃣ Your childhood story keeps echoing into adulthood

Happiness isn’t a lifestyle upgrade.
It’s the quality of the people around you — including you.

Because if you can’t enjoy the ride on the bus,
you won’t enjoy the Lamborghini either.

So ask yourself:
Which one matters most for you right now?

—
Natan Mohart

Harvard’s 7 Secret to Happiness  By Natan Mohart

Most people chase quick money.
“How can I double my capital in a month?”
“Which stock will skyrocket tomorrow?”

But Buffett repeated all his life:
wealth is not about speed.
It’s about discipline.

His 6 rules sound simple.
But behind them lies a strategy you can apply to money — and to life.

1. Don’t lose capital
Protect your foundation.
In finance it’s money. In life — it’s energy, health, trust.
The foundation always matters more than new floors.
Those who destroy it for short-term gain eventually lose everything.

—

2. Invest in what you understand
Clarity creates courage.
Most people hide behind complexity: schemes, jargon, promises.
But the fog always costs too much.
Clarity is not a limitation — it’s real freedom.

—

3. The power of compounding
Every day we “compound” our choices.
Capital grows. But so do habits. And mistakes.

The question isn’t if compounding works.
The question is: on whose side is it working for you?
Is it multiplying your strength — or your decay?

—

4. Be greedy when others are fearful
The crowd always moves as a herd.
And in chaos, its instinct is to run.

But where everyone retreats, empires are born.
Not because risk disappears,
but because courage is always rarer than opportunity.

—

5. Earn while you sleep
If your success depends only on your time and hands —
that’s not freedom, that’s slavery.

True wealth comes when your systems, ideas, and legacy work for you.
When your contribution keeps growing even if you stop.

—

6. Learn every day
Knowledge is the only asset no one can steal.
And the only one that pays dividends for life.

The world changes faster than capital grows.
And only those who keep learning remain free in the chaos.

—

Buffett spoke about money.
But his rules are much more than finance.

💡 They’re a code of discipline.
And discipline is the only currency that never devalues.

💬 Which of these rules would you choose as your personal principle?

— 
Natan Mohart

Warren Buffett’s 6 Rules for Money By Natan  Mohart

Only 1 in 10 people can honestly question their own decisions.

It's not about being smart.
It’s about trying.

We jump to conclusions, but real understanding takes time.
Most of us would rather hurry up
than deal with not knowing.

It’s easier to explain why we’re right
than to ask where we might be wrong.

We call it logic.
But often, it’s just us defending our story.

Critical thinking doesn’t start with analysis.
It starts with honesty.
That tiny break where you say,
“Maybe I'm not seeing the whole picture.”

That’s when clarity begins to form.
When you stop protecting your views
and start searching for what’s real.

I created a simple infographic around this idea —
how we think,
how we question,
and how we make decisions.

💬 What's one question you ask yourself
before making a big choice?

—
Natan Mohart

Critical Thinking Blueprint: Think Clearly. Question Deeply.

Most teams don’t have a problem-solving issue.
They have a problem-identification issue.

I’ve seen this pattern repeatedly:

• A metric drops
• Pressure rises
• Someone proposes a fix
• The fix “works”
• The problem comes back

Why?

Because most teams optimize for speed, not truth.

Root Cause Analysis isn’t about paperwork or compliance.
It’s about intellectual honesty.

Early in my career, I made the classic mistake:
I treated symptoms as causes because they were visible, measurable, and emotionally satisfying to fix.

Only later did I realize:
If your solution feels obvious, it’s probably shallow.

Good RCA forces uncomfortable questions:
– What system allowed this to happen?
– Who benefits from the current setup?
– What are we avoiding naming?

Tools like 5 Whys, Fishbone, Fault Trees, Pareto aren’t about methodology.
They’re about slowing down thinking when everyone else wants to rush.

Most recurring issues aren’t technical failures.
They’re thinking failures that passed for action.

If this framework resonates, you’ll see your problems differently and more importantly, you’ll stop fixing the same ones twice.

What’s the last issue you “solved” that quietly came back?

Image redits to Bastian Krapinger-Ruether, make sure to follow!

—
Natan Mohart

Thinking strategically is about asking the tough questions.
Your experience may give you a unique lens to view a problem.
Push yourself to use it.

I learned this the hard way.

Early in my career, I thought strategy was about having the right answers.
The failures taught me it was about asking the right questions early enough.

That’s why in this infographic I gathered the questions I personally come back to whenever a decision actually matters.

They are grouped around a simple mental model I use to think clearly

Who
What
Where
When
Why
How

Not theory.
Not motivation.

These are the questions that surface blind spots before they become mistakes.

If you cannot answer them clearly, you are not thinking strategically.
You are reacting with confidence.

Save this infographic.
Use it when the decision feels heavy.

—
Natan Mohart

24 Questions to Unlock Your Strategic Thinking By Natan Mohart

Many people think wealth is about luck
or the ability to “buy the right stock at the right time.”

It isn’t.

Wealth isn’t built on willpower.
It’s built on systems that work
when you don’t feel like being disciplined.

I’ve seen many high-income professionals
end up with zero net worth.

Not because they didn’t earn enough.
But because their lifestyle grew faster than their income.

The problem isn’t how much you earn.
The problem is how you manage the gap
between income and expenses.

In the infographic below, I break down 7 rules
that turn financial chaos
into a predictable system.

My personal Top 3 from this list:

1. The Automation Rule (Rule 2)
If you have to decide every month to save money,
you’ve already lost.

Wealth runs on processes, not discipline.
Set up automatic transfers on payday.
Make saving invisible.

2. The Pause Rule (Rule 4)
Most impulse purchases are just
attempts to get a quick dopamine hit.

Wait:
• 24 hours for purchases under $500
• 7 days for bigger ones

If the desire fades,
you didn’t need the thing, you needed the emotion.

3. The Rule of 72 (Rule 3)
The most powerful force in finance is time.

Divide 72 by your expected return
to see how many years it takes
for your money to double.

The earlier you start,
the less heavy lifting your money has to do later.

Financial freedom doesn’t start with
what you buy,
but with who you become.

The best ROI will always come from Rule 7
investing in yourself.

Skills are the only asset
inflation can’t take away.

🔖 Save this guide.
Don’t try to apply all 7 rules at once.
Start with the one that closes
the biggest leak in your budget.

💬 Which of these rules feels the hardest
in a world designed to make us spend?

— 
Natan Mohart

7 Rules for Building Wealth By Natan Mohart

SWOT looks primitive.
That’s why it’s underestimated.
And almost always used the wrong way.

And that’s a mistake.

The problem isn’t the framework itself.
It’s how people apply it.

Most treat SWOT as a one time exercise.
Fill in four boxes.
Move on.

No clear goal. No priorities. No conclusions.

That’s not how it works.

SWOT creates value only when it becomes part of strategic thinking
at work and in life.

Take a look at the infographic in this post.
It shows how to use SWOT intentionally, not formally.

Here are 6 steps that turn SWOT into a working framework:

1. Define the goal
What decision are you actually trying to improve.
Without a goal, SWOT turns into noise.

2. Identify your strengths
What compounds over time.
Skills, experience, reputation, systems, energy.

3. Be honest about weaknesses
Not excuses, but constraints.
The things that quietly slow progress.

4. Look for opportunities
External shifts you can take advantage of.
Trends, timing, market movement, new roles.

5. Identify threats
Risks that can derail results
even when you’re doing the right things.

6. Narrow the focus
Strategy is choice.
Keep only what truly impacts the decision.

The power of SWOT isn’t in the boxes.
It’s in the clarity it creates.

Used correctly,
it becomes one framework
for work, career, and life.

Save this post and run a quick SWOT on yourself this week.

—
Natan Mohart

SWOT Analysis: One strategic framework for business and life. By Natan Mohart

One day I realized something uncomfortable:
I stopped thinking as fast as I used to.

I was getting distracted more often.
It became harder to focus.
Even simple tasks required effort.

My first reaction was to blame stress, workload, fatigue.
But then I started looking deeper.

And I came to a simple conclusion:

The brain is not an organ. It’s an infrastructure.
And it is either developing or degrading.

If you:
— live in constant stress
— sleep 5–6 hours
— switch tasks endlessly
— avoid real cognitive challenge

the brain doesn’t “break”.
It simply adapts. To that reality.

But if you:
— sleep well
— learn new skills
— train sustained focus
— and give yourself recovery

the brain grows.

Not metaphorically.
Literally.

Once I understood this, I stopped “just working”.
I started building my cognitive system.

And suddenly I noticed growth in:
• clarity
• decision-making speed
• energy
• strategic thinking

Not because I “became better”.
But because the system started working differently.

This infographic is about one simple truth:

Every day we either invest in the brain
or reset it back to zero.

The choice is ours.

—
Natan Mohart

Neuroplasticity: How the Brain Changes With Learning and Experience. By Natan Mohart

Every time I think I’ve finally figured it out
life throws another “lesson.”

The plan that was supposed to work.
The project that “couldn’t fail.”
The decision that felt so obvious.

And then one of these laws quietly kicks in.

You build the perfect plan and Murphy’s Law reminds you:
𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭.

You try to do everything and Wilson’s Law whispers:
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

You wait for someone to tell you what to do
and Gilbert’s Law hits you hard:
𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭.

You rush to decide
and Falkland’s Law saves you from yourself:
𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦.

You overthink, replay things in your head
and then Kidlin’s Law steps in:
𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘵.

I didn’t learn these laws from books.
I learned them from missed deadlines, sleepless nights,
and moments when clarity came too late.

They’re not just “laws.”
They’re reminders that wisdom often grows out of frustration
and that simplicity is the hardest thing to master.

📜 I gathered 𝟱 𝗯𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀 about work and life
in one clear infographic worth saving.

💬 Which one hits you the hardest?

—
Natan Mohart

5 Brutal Laws  About Work and Life By Natan Mohart

Most people don’t learn slowly.
They learn inefficiently.

They read.
They highlight.
They feel productive.

And then a week later…
it’s gone.

I used to think the problem was discipline.
Or motivation.
Or “not enough time.”

But the truth is simpler:

Learning is not a talent.
It’s a system.

If your system is built around consumption,
your results will be forgettable.

If your system is built around retrieval,
your results compound.

That’s why in this infographic I collected the core techniques that actually work:

Pareto Principle (80/20)
Stop trying to learn everything.
Find the small set of concepts that unlock the rest.

Feynman Technique
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t own it.
Explanation reveals the gaps instantly.

Active Recall
Don’t reread.
Force your brain to retrieve the information — that’s how memory is built.

Spaced Repetition
Review right before you forget.
Short sessions, repeated over time, beat long sessions once.

Feedback Loop
Test → fail → adjust → repeat.
This is how skill turns into competence.

The fastest learners don’t “work harder.”
They reduce waste.

They spend less time feeling like they learned
and more time proving that they did.

Because the brain doesn’t reward effort.
It rewards correct repetition.

💬 Which one do you use most: Active Recall or Spaced Repetition?

—
Natan Mohart

How To Learn Anything 10x Faster By Natan Mohart

Most feedback doesn’t fail because it’s harsh.
It fails because it’s vague.

Over the years, I’ve seen the same pattern again and again.

Leaders think they’re giving feedback.
Teams think they’re being criticized.
And in reality behavior doesn’t change.

Why?

Because instead of structure, there’s emotion.
Instead of clarity - “you know what I meant.”
Instead of growth - a defensive reaction.

At some point, I realized a simple truth:
feedback isn’t a conversation. It’s a tool.

And like any tool, it only works if:

— you know when to use it
— which one to choose
— and why you’re using it

That’s why I put together 5 feedback frameworks that strong leaders actually use, not in theory, but in real teams:

— when behavior needs correction
— when strengths need reinforcement
— when a team is stuck
— when someone is blocked in their growth
— when truth matters more than comfort

👉 All 5 are broken down in the infographic below.

If you lead people (or plan to),
these frameworks will save you months of friction.

💬 Which one do you use most consciously or not?

—
Natan Mohart

How to Give Feedback: 5 Feedback Strategies Leaders Actually Use. By Natan Mohart

Leonardo da Vinci didn’t just paint he saw.
Where others saw a bird, he saw the mechanics of flight.
Where others saw chaos, he noticed patterns.

Most people think creativity is a gift.
It’s not.
It’s a way of seeing the world.

Leonardo’s secret wasn’t talent,
it was his way of thinking:
→ He asked more questions than he answered.
→ He observed longer than anyone else.
→ He embraced uncertainty as a source of discovery.

True creativity lives at the edge of logic and imagination,
between what we know
and what we dare to explore.

So when it feels like inspiration is gone
don’t look for it outside.
Look closer.
The answer might already be right in front of you.

I’ve collected 6 rules of Leonardo da Vinci’s creative thinking
in a simple and visual infographic.
Save it to revisit whenever your ideas stop flowing.

👇 Infographic below

—
Natan Mohart

Leonardo da Vinci 6 Rules for Creative Thinking By Natan Mohart

90% of workplace conflict is just bad logic wearing confidence.

I learned this the hard way.

Early in my career, I thought “strong communication” meant speaking fast, sounding certain, and defending my point until the other person backed off.

But over time I noticed a pattern:

The meetings that felt the most intense…
were rarely about the actual problem.

They were about how we argued.

Someone would dismiss a proposal by attacking the person behind it.
Another would twist a concern into “so you want us to stop shipping.”
Someone else would end the debate with “the CEO already decided.”

And suddenly, we weren’t solving anything.

We were just performing confidence.

That’s why I keep this list close:

12 logical fallacies every leader should recognize:

Ad Hominem
↳ Attacking the person instead of the argument.

Straw Man
↳ Twisting someone’s point into something easier to attack.

Appeal to Authority
↳ Using seniority as proof instead of evidence.

Bandwagon
↳ “Everyone believes it” ≠ “it’s correct.”

False Dilemma
↳ Presenting two choices when there are more.

Slippery Slope
↳ One small step → extreme outcomes.

Hasty Generalization
↳ Making a big rule from a small sample.

Red Herring
↳ Distracting from the real issue with something irrelevant.

Tu Quoque
↳ Dodging feedback by pointing at someone else’s flaws.

Sunk Cost Fallacy
↳ Staying committed because you already invested time or money.

No True Scotsman
↳ Redefining terms to protect your belief from criticism.

Moral Equivalence
↳ Treating two unequal things as if they’re the same.

Now I use one simple rule in tense discussions:

If the argument sounds confident but avoids evidence…
it’s probably a fallacy.

Save this infographic for your next meeting.

💬 Which one do you see most often at work?

—
Natan Mohart

12 Logical Fallacies Every Leader Should Know By Natan Mohart

Most people don’t need more effort.
They need a better position.

Because in strategy, you don’t win by doing more.
You win by making the next move inevitable.

Most people lose the game before it even starts:
— they fight on the edges
— they react to noise
— they defend everything
— they push when they should reposition

So I built a simple framework.

7 mental models to think like a strategic genius (in this carousel):

1) Control the center
The center is where leverage lives.
Find the point that moves everything else.

2) The true value of a piece
It’s not about power.
It’s about placement.

3) Win by controlling the tempo
Strategy isn’t only what happens.
It’s when it happens.

4) Create threats
You don’t need conflict to influence behavior.
You need credible options.

5) Sacrifice & managed weakness
Sometimes you “lose” something small
to buy a position that wins later.

6) Play the long game (Zugzwang)
Build inevitability.
Where every move your opponent makes helps you.

7) The hardest move is retreat
Retreat isn’t weakness.
It’s repositioning.

A reminder:
The core skill of a good strategist is adaptation.
Not as a model.
As a state of mind.

—
Natan Mohart

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