article thumbnail

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

Both Sides of the Table

Suddenly I look at the screen and 45 minutes have passed. It’s amazing what mental coaching can do for a workout. “A And sometimes I need the focus on my form of “Coach Matt.” Peloton gives you individual coaches that guide you through being your best self and make you want to turn up and do more, do better and do it more often.

Coach 538
article thumbnail

Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. Best to ask after the dust from the decision has settled.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. Best to ask after the dust from the decision has settled.

article thumbnail

Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

Both Sides of the Table

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans.

Startup 361
article thumbnail

Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. Write things down. But we worked the account tirelessly for months.

Startup 151
article thumbnail

The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans.

article thumbnail

Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

Both Sides of the Table

They’re also good at screening candidates. You can certainly get coaching from your VC on how to play the negotiations since they do it more often than you do. This is the skilled bit that you can’t effectively manage. At least the great recruitment firms are. For them, this is just a deal. PR firms are the same.