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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:
How to navigate founder burnout
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:
The ubiquity of self-criticism among leaders
Oct 2022
20:
An argument against rushing
Oct 2022
15:
What is the CEO's job?
Sep 2022
21:
For real leaders, dependency is not a dirty word
Sep 2022
2:
How to get your leadership team to actually be a team.
Aug 2022
18:
The surprising power of play
Aug 2022
16:
Can you be an entrepreneur without suffering?
Aug 2022
13:
Fear is the wrong fuel for entrepreneurs
Aug 2022
9:
Why do we listen worst to those we love most?
Jul 2022
4:
The biggest mistake founders make in designing their lives
Jun 2022
3:
Why is it so hard to change?
Apr 2022
8:
The CEO I could not help
Feb 2022
22:
A Blessing for Leaders
Feb 2022
11:
Want to be a more effective CEO? Stop multi-tasking.
Jan 2022
28:
Asking for help is a superpower
Jan 2022
21:
What if my startup fails?
Jan 2022
14:
Build a company, not just a business
Nov 2021
15:
The mythical CEO
Nov 2021
9:
Comparing our insides to everybody else's outsides
Nov 2021
3:
The myth of the impervious leader
Aug 2021
17:
The power of negative visualizations
Aug 2021
2:
What entrepreneurs can learn from professional poker players
Jun 2021
12:
How to leverage clear goal-setting to supercharge your company
Jun 2021
2:
Why leaders must own their sense of worth.
May 2021
17:
You are not talented enough to work 80 hour weeks. And that's ok.
Apr 2021
29:
Why is it so hard to be happy?
Apr 2021
7:
Escaping the misery of self-comparison
Mar 2021
10:
The magic your meetings are missing
Feb 2021
5:
How to make friends as a founder
Jan 2021
20:
How to overcome imposter syndrome and kick more ass
Oct 2020
4:
New Sanity Pod Episode - Inc’s Lindsay Blakely
Sep 2020
23:
The dangerous cycle of tying your self-worth to your company
Sep 2020
11:
How to build a great startup board (hint: your board is not your boss)
Aug 2020
14:
A powerful morning practice for imperfect leaders
Aug 2020
3:
An argument against gutting it out on the hard days
Jul 2020
15:
Why CEOs should work 40-hour weeks
Jul 2020
2:
Distraction is Killing Your Business (and stealing your joy)
May 2020
18:
I am a professional CEO coach. And sometimes I lose my shit too.
May 2020
10:
The unspoken pain of co-founder relationships
May 2020
7:
This Question Unlocked My Life's Purpose
Apr 2020
17:
Are You Valuable if You Don't Get Shit Done?
Apr 2020
14:
Handling Layoffs with Grace
Mar 2020
26:
Founders and Leaders: feeling alone? You aren’t.
Mar 2020
23:
The Weightiness Every Leader Knows
Mar 2020
2:
Struggling to Raise Venture Capital? The step you may be missing.
Feb 2020
17:
Get More Done and Enjoy Happier Weekends
Feb 2020
5:
10 Questions Every Cofounder Team Should Discuss
Feb 2020
3:
$17M raised, and I was fried.
Jan 2020
8:
How to Price Your B2B Product
Dec 2019
11:
The Away Debacle: Is Judgment the Answer?
Dec 2019
9:
How to Get Your First Customers So Your Company Doesn’t Die
Nov 2019
26:
So You Wanna Advise Startups? Here’s How to Do More Good Than Harm.
Nov 2019
25:
How to find great advisors for your startup (and avoid the shit ones)
Nov 2019
18:
Can an Entrepreneur Have a Creative Life?
Oct 2019
25:
Why I’ve Decided to Start Coaching Startup Leaders
Oct 2019
22:
Why I Might Never Start Another Company
Oct 2019
1:
The Hardest and Most Important Change You Can Make as a CEO
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