What If Anger Is the Answer?: A Harvard Marine's Guide to Shaping Aggression by LeBlanc, Mike

A bold framework for turning aggression into strength.

At its worst, anger is responsible for destruction and death. But what if that same power could be harnessed to build and create?

In Ancient Greece, anger was considered a separate part of the soul that required its own education. In What If Anger Is the Answer? Mike LeBlanc shares lessons from his own journey of how the Marine Corps and the war in Afghanistan shaped his anger and aggression.

Drawing on lessons from ancient philosophy, military leadership, and Silicon Valley, the Marine Corps major and billionaire tech founder delivers a gripping, unconventional framework for strength, purpose, and personal transformation. Along the way he explains what Hamlet doesn't understand about revenge, how less armor can become better protection, and why you should always accept gum when it's offered.

Readers will:

• Understand why avoiding conflict leads to resentment, not peace
• Find how to expand themselves by testing boundaries
• Build strong alliances with untrusted strangers
• Learn why cynics make good bets but optimists win more
• Resist modern life's pull toward softness and stagnation
• Understand how to become "no better friend, no worse enemy"
• Apply the lesson of combat to the boardroom and beyond

This is the field manual for a generation tired of passivity and ready to take the offensive--in work, in life, and in leadership.

Author: Mike LeBlanc
Publisher: Matt Holt Books
Published: 11/03/2026
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781637749227

About the Author
Mike LeBlanc is a decorated Marine Corps major, Harvard Business School graduate, and proven entrepreneur with a track record of building and scaling companies at the highest levels. He is the cofounder of Foundation Future Industries, a defense-focused robotics company building autonomous systems for the Department of Defense, and previously served as the cofounder of Cobalt Robotics, a Silicon Valley startup backed by Sequoia, Founders Fund, and Coatue before its acquisition in 2024. With 13 years of service in the Marines LeBlanc deployed three times to the Middle East, led 150 troops against ISIS, and served as an economic and technology advisor to the Pentagon. His leadership and strategic vision have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Fast Company, and Business Insider.