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Should you find a business coach?

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Having an experienced coach, usually acting informally and not for any kind of pay, is a safety valve that cannot be understated when in times of great stress. In my experience, there are times when a CEO needs a completely neutral third party or a roundtable of fellow CEO’s to help guide him through a difficult maze.

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Find an outside confidant, a CEO coach.

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Having an experienced coach, usually acting informally and not for any kind of pay, is a safety valve for a CEO that cannot be understated when in times of great stress. Sometimes that coach is a member of the board willing to listen and make suggestions off the record. And often that is good enough. And often that is good enough.

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How I Gamified My Own Brain to Lose Weight & Improve Fitness

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I’m just your guide but you’re going to feel great when this is over. It’s amazing what mental coaching can do for a workout. “A And sometimes I need the focus on my form of “Coach Matt.” With no platform to really help me with “food coaching” I had to be this coach for myself. You got this! Stick with it.

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Does your team know your playbook?

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From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. Again, there is a great parallel in football coaching.

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Understanding the Politics of Tech Startups

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It’s why I called out the importance of “executive coaches” in this post. Given how important people management is it’s surprising more of us don’t have group coaches.

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You Can’t Rely on a VC for Your Hardest Decisions

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We are money, advice, coaching, cheerleading, interventionist but not “the decider.” In my view the best VCs are merely your guides. At best they can be your history guide. VCs have the safety of not being that person. That is what separates us. And what makes you crazy. And special. ” That’s you.

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IBH Acquires Uprise

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According to Uprise, Uprise provides its health services through self-guided modules, live coaching, and in-person therapy.

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