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Nov 2026
3:
Sanity Notes #042: The Board Isn’t on Fire
Oct 2026
14:
Change is possible
Sep 2026
1:
What My Daughter's Grief Taught Me About My Own
Aug 2026
27:
The Steep Bill of Self-Denial
Aug 2026
11:
What I Was Surprised to Lose When I Sold My Company
Aug 2026
4:
Stop Fundraising and start "Checking the Market"
Jul 2026
28:
The Value of Preserving Optionality
Jul 2026
16:
Why So Many Founders Feel Lonely (And What to Do About It)
Jul 2026
9:
Why Many Founders Keep Bending (And How to Stand Up Straight)
Jun 2026
24:
It’s ok.
Jun 2026
16:
Why Founders Obsessively Check Revenue (And What It’s Really About)
Jun 2026
4:
When do founders get to feel safe?
May 2026
19:
Learning to Begin from Being
May 2026
12:
Startups Are Full of Surprises
Apr 2026
29:
Honoring the Endings We Fear Most
Apr 2026
2:
Sanity Notes #041: The Most Important Voice in the Room
Mar 2026
17:
When white-knuckling your way forward stops working.
Mar 2026
10:
A Love Letter to Anyone Navigating Loss
Feb 2026
2:
Is Executive Coaching Worth It? A Data-Backed Look for CEOs.
Jan 2026
6:
Sanity Notes #040: You Are Not the Fire
Dec 2025
30:
Sanity Notes #039: How and Why to Give Your Team Clear Accountabilities
Dec 2025
16:
Sanity Notes #038: The Freedom That Comes When You Stop Trying to Get It Right
Dec 2025
9:
The Founder’s Guide to QSBS: Understanding the 2025 Updates and Avoiding Costly Mistakes
Dec 2025
4:
Sanity Notes #037: On becoming the predator
Nov 2025
25:
My journey through founder burnout.
Nov 2025
24:
How to navigate painful conclusions with your most trusted partners
Nov 2025
16:
We do not have time for spaceships
Oct 2025
3:
On Higher Powers and Letting Go of Control
Sep 2025
16:
Why is it so hard to fill my own cup first?
Aug 2025
21:
How to run a great one-on-one meeting: a guide for first-time managers
Jul 2025
25:
What do I do when my co-founder is not in the right role?
Jul 2025
10:
Let your life breathe (and your company too)
Jun 2025
10:
My journey through founder depression
May 2025
26:
How to be a founder with kids
May 2025
17:
How our darkest seasons incubate our greatest gifts
May 2025
7:
What is your grounding vision?
Apr 2025
11:
What does a CEO coach do?
Apr 2025
2:
F*ck founder mode and the strongman archetype
Mar 2025
15:
How to make anger your ally
Mar 2025
8:
The Hidden Cost of Anxiety in Leadership and Relationships
Mar 2025
1:
How to have hard conversations
Feb 2025
20:
Am I in My Zone of Genius? How to Tell When You’re Off Track
Feb 2025
6:
Rethinking Drinking – Alcohol, Depression, and Startup Culture
Dec 2024
20:
Where are you holding back on the gifts that are yours to offer?
Dec 2024
13:
How to manage your mind while fundraising
Dec 2024
5:
Building on the Other Side of Burnout
Oct 2024
29:
What’s the point of having a vision? (And how to create one.)
Oct 2024
13:
Practical steps for navigating founder burnout (without quitting your day job)
Sep 2024
20:
Sanity Notes #036: The risks of owning my enoughness
Sep 2024
9:
Sanity Notes #035: Stop robbing the world of your voice
Jul 2024
6:
When there is a 95% chance you make nothing: how preference stacks work in startups
Jun 2024
16:
Sanity Notes #034: Why questions matter more than answers
Jun 2024
12:
Why we all fight with our partners (and what to do about it)
Apr 2024
15:
Sanity Notes #033: One thing at a time
Apr 2024
4:
Sanity Notes #032: When anxiety strikes, remember your birthright
Mar 2024
26:
Stop giving feedback. Do this instead.
Feb 2024
26:
Sanity Notes #031- The power of writing things down
Feb 2024
16:
Sanity Notes #030- Assuming the best of our partners
Jan 2024
22:
Sanity Notes #029- Depression as data
Dec 2023
15:
Sanity Notes #028- Take a risk and turn off
Dec 2023
5:
Sanity Notes #027 - The power of 'we'
Nov 2023
17:
Sanity Notes #026: The power of speaking with customers
Nov 2023
10:
Sanity Notes #025- The value of your attention
Nov 2023
2:
Sanity Notes #024- What conversation is waiting to be had?
Oct 2023
22:
Sanity Notes #023- When should you hire an assistant?
Oct 2023
12:
Sanity Notes #022- The power of belonging
Sep 2023
28:
Sanity Notes #021- Navigating loss from the right side of the road
Sep 2023
8:
Sanity Notes #020- How to cut your email time by 80%🎉
Sep 2023
1:
How to plan a great team offsite
Aug 2023
28:
Sanity Notes #019: A blessing for leaders who self-criticize
Aug 2023
17:
Sanity Notes #018: Protect your most valuable resource: time
Aug 2023
8:
Sanity Notes #017: Accepting the fear
Jul 2023
6:
Sanity Notes #016: How to navigate down markets
Jun 2023
29:
How to build healthy, helpful co-founder relationships (and recover when things go wrong).
Jun 2023
16:
The values we ought to leave behind
Jun 2023
8:
Don't be an entrepreneur, be an artist.
Jun 2023
1:
Sanity Notes #015: Doing the work that is yours to do
May 2023
26:
Sanity Notes #014: How to stop drowning and get in the boat
May 2023
22:
Sanity Notes #013: How to go further with less effort (i.e., work like a rower)
Apr 2023
24:
Sanity Notes #012- A surprising tool for preventing founder burnout
Apr 2023
17:
Sanity Notes #011: The power of showing up as you
Mar 2023
31:
The cost of beating ourselves up when we fail
Mar 2023
25:
Sanity Notes #010- Rethinking ambition
Mar 2023
19:
Sanity Notes #009- Let your friends be your secret weapon
Mar 2023
10:
The value of slowing down
Feb 2023
17:
What I have learned about founder burnout — as a founder and coach
Feb 2023
4:
Sanity Notes #008- The power of a shitty first draft
Jan 2023
21:
Sanity Notes #007: Consider grading yourself on a curve
Jan 2023
7:
Sanity Notes #006: Going gently into the new year
Dec 2022
17:
Sanity Notes #005: Leveraging fear as a friend
Dec 2022
10:
Sanity Notes #004: The power of meeting others where they are
Dec 2022
3:
Sanity Notes #003 : Your metrics are not your worth.
Nov 2022
19:
Sanity Notes #002 : What if you could not fail?
Nov 2022
12:
Sanity Notes #001 : Introducing Sanity Notes
Nov 2022
5:
Leadership Vulnerability: The Self-Doubt Every Founder Feels but Nobody Talks About
Oct 2022
20:
Leadership Presence: An Argument Against Rushing
Oct 2022
15:
What Does a CEO Do? The Complete Guide to CEO Responsibilities
Sep 2022
21:
Resilient Leadership: Dependency Is Not a Dirty Word
Sep 2022
2:
How to Build a Leadership Team That Actually Works as a Team
Aug 2022
18:
The Surprising Power of Play and Creativity
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