founder psychology Sanity Notes #004: The power of meeting others where they are Finding yourself wishing your co-founders, employees, or investors would change? Start with accepting them where they are.
leadership Sanity Notes #003 : Your metrics are not your worth. This is a good year to remember that the top-level metrics of your company are not the measure of your worth as a leader.
ceos Sanity Notes #001 : Introducing Sanity Notes Welcome to Sanity Notes (SN). SN is my new semi-weekly newsletter exploring the hardest parts of entrepreneurship and leadership.
founder burnout The ubiquity of self-criticism among leaders Wondering if someone else might be better at your job than you are? You are not alone.
ceos What is the CEO's job? The CEO role is the most-hyped and least understood. Let's get clear on the work at hand.
leadership How to get your leadership team to actually be a team. An exploration in helping your leaders check their egos at the door and actually work together.
burnout Can you be an entrepreneur without suffering? We glamorize the entrepreneurial life as one of long-hours and endless strain. But is there another way?
life design The biggest mistake founders make in designing their lives My own miscalculation of this one element is my greatest regret looking back on my time as a founder and CEO.
change Why is it so hard to change? Does change feel like two steps forward and two steps back? You are not alone.
founder psychology The CEO I could not help One reason I coach is because there was one leader I loved but could not help.
culture Build a company, not just a business Practical steps for building a high-trust, high-function team
imposter syndrome The mythical CEO There is no perfect in leadership. Why then is it so damn hard to accept our own imperfections?
founder psychology Comparing our insides to everybody else's outsides Looking back, I can see that in my earliest days as a founder and CEO I was comparing my insides to everybody else’s outsides. That was not a recipe for success.
founder psychology The myth of the impervious leader Those founders you read about in the press and idolize? Yep, they are up at 3 AM too.
founder psychology The power of negative visualizations A simple addition to your morning routine to help fight founder-burnout and improve resiliency
burnout You are not talented enough to work 80 hour weeks. And that's ok. If Lebron is this serious about rest, maybe you should be too?
management Featured The magic your meetings are missing Leverage the power of check-ins to level-up meetings and bring your team closer
board management How to build a great startup board (hint: your board is not your boss) How to turn your board into your greatest ally, get more support, feel less alone, and do your damn job.
habits A powerful morning practice for imperfect leaders In 2014, I was facing the loss of a child, a messy divorce, and single-parenthood while leading a fast-growing company. This is the morning routine that helped get me through. It has served me to this day.
ceos 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.
productivity Distraction is Killing Your Business (and stealing your joy) Startup folk are renowned for geeking out on productivity hacks and innovating on the future of work. But most miss the easiest gain of all.
ceos I am a professional CEO coach. And sometimes I lose my shit too. 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.
purpose This Question Unlocked My Life's Purpose I thought it was going to be just another casual meetup with a friend for Saturday brunch. But that ended up being the morning I discovered my life’s mission. And it has changed everything. Here’s the question that changed it all.
burnout Are You Valuable if You Don't Get Shit Done? This time of isolation and slowness has me facing a lifelong message I carry: that my value is tied to my productivity. If I work hard and have output to show for it, I matter and deserve to exist. That message no longer serves me. It might not be serving you either.
