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How to make friends as a founder
Founder burnout, depression, and loneliness are rampant. Too many founders struggle in isolation. Let's bring that to an end.
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Lead with Confidence
Imposter syndrome affects 70% of successful people. Here's how to overcome self-doubt, embrace your strengths, and lead with authentic confidence.
New Sanity Pod Episode - Inc’s Lindsay Blakely
Lindsay has spoken with hundreds of founders over her years as a reporter and is in a unique position to help us normalize parts of the founder experience that can be hard to see clearly in our own heads.
Entrepreneur Burnout: The Dangerous Cycle of Tying Your Self-Worth to Your Company
What if your obsession with your company's success is the very thing driving you toward entrepreneur burnout, founder depression, and the collapse of your work-life balance?
How to Build a Great Startup Board of Directors (Hint: Your Board Is Not Your Boss)
A founder's guide to board member roles and responsibilities, how to choose board members, and how to turn your startup board into a high-trust team.
The CEO Morning Routine That Carried Me Through My Hardest Year
In 2014, I was facing the loss of a child, a messy divorce, and single-parenthood while leading a fast-growing startup. This CEO morning routine helped me survive that year, and it still serves me today.
Hustle Culture and Hard Days: Stop Grinding, Get Back Into Flow
We applaud grit, long-hours, and blowing through walls. But great entrepreneurial work tends to come more from creative insights and thoughtful reflection.
Why CEOs should work 40-hour weeks
If the data is correct, you are not doing yourself any favors by grinding it out after 5 o'clock.
Distraction is Killing Your Business (and Stealing Your Joy)
Startup founders obsess over growth hacks, fundraising strategy, and product iteration. But when it comes to how to stay focused at work, most leaders miss the simplest and highest-leverage move available to them. Here is what I see in nearly every startup I work with, and what to do about it.
CEO Self-Doubt: Mindfulness & Emotional Regulation When You Lose Your Shit
A lot of CEO’s I work with carry questions of self-worth. This morning, I found the same questions exploding in my own head. Here is my effort in my own journal to coach myself back to center.
