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1640: CEO Blind Spots and Confident Leadership with Bill Miller
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- Aug 21, 2026
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Summary
Hidden blind spots, ego, and unexamined assumptions quietly sabotage trust, culture, and growth for even the smartest leaders. Today’s guest, Bill Miller, veteran executive, advisor, and author of “What Every CEO Must Know: 37 Secrets to Lead with Confidence and Power” and “The Rookie CEO: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up,” helps founders and CEOs uncover the costly leadership mistakes everyone else can see but no one feels safe enough to say out loud. In this episode of Marketer of the Day, Bill breaks down the concept of CEO blind spots, those invisible gaps in thinking and decision-making that show up in hiring, restructuring, communication, and strategy. Drawing on nearly 40 years as a senior executive across startups, venture-backed companies, and multibillion-dollar enterprises, he explains why even brilliant founders and technical leaders get stuck when they step into the CEO role for the first time. From the Peter Principle to imposter syndrome, Bill shows how smart leaders can still make disastrous choices if they don’t build the right habits of reflection and feedback. You’ll learn Bill’s simple but powerful practice called the “mirror meeting,” a 15–20 minute weekly check-in with yourself to review what you accomplished, what you missed, who’s still waiting on you, and what’s truly keeping the business from moving forward. Bill reveals how pairing this ritual with tools like ChatGPT or Claude can turn journaling into a practical system for better decisions, accountability, and follow-through. Instead of letting tasks, worries, and strategic priorities live only in your head, the mirror meeting creates a written record that keeps you aligned, honest, and focused on what only you as CEO can do. Bill also shares a real-world story of a CEO who announced a major res…