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A Year From Now

I love Seth Godin’s daily musings in his newsletter. Short, thoughtful questions to get you thinking. Today’s really hit home for me:...

A 6-Minute Hack to Eliminate Stress

A new study shows that reading fiction was an insanely effective way to reduce stress—better than listening to music, having a cup of tea...

Have a Deload Week

I powerlift, and a key best practice is to have a ‘deload week’ every 6 weeks or so. On that week, you cut your weight and reps by 40% or...

The Truth About Perfectionism

Who here has at least a hint of perfectionism? (Raising my hand.) Who here also thinks that their perfectionism makes them better? (Hand...

Double-Check Your Work

Of course, it’s the days that I’m the most stressed and time-crunched when I forget my phone at home or send that email to the utterly...

What's Your Readiness Score?

I recently bought an Oura ring, which is a pretty fantastic wearable self-quantification tool that is a Fitbit on steroids. What I love...

Go for a Walk

Today I was stressed. I had a looming client deadline that I was behind on because of some staffing issues over the past week. I was...

Tackle the Rootcause

So often, I default to treating the symptoms of an issue versus the underlying cause. Take my sleep. I’ve been struggling with waking up...

Outlast Your Impulses

I’m insanely impulsive. I want. Things. Now. A simple trick has slowed me down—setting a 10-minute timer. Every time I feel that...

Be Scared

I wanted to share with you a practice I try to do daily. I close my eyes and focus on my breath for a few minutes to still my mind. Then...

The Problem was 'So Three Days Ago'

The parallels between starting a company and having a kid are shocking. Every time you feel like you have something figured out, your...

Don't Prep the Night Before

Time management expert, Laura Vanderkam, gave a controversial tip on her new podcast, Before Breakfast—don’t prep the night before. Her...

The Power of the Stories We Tell Ourselves

Almost weekly, I’ve been having a bad night of sleep— too much stress and travel. I’m working diligently on fixing this, but in the...

Let the Snow Settle

Today’s is short, a simple analogy from Tim Ferris: Life is a snow globe. You need to put it down long enough to see through it. That’s ...

How to Reduce Anxiety in 10-minutes

How do you get overwhelming emotions under control? Chip Conley, in his book Emotional Equations, simplifies emotions into equations....

Choose to be Happy

Last weekend I was a mess. I had just kicked off my Seed round of fundraising for my company, and had bought into the idea that ...

No, But...

My world just blew up. Now on top of running a busy company, I have a new job—raising a round of funding. I’ve had to cut out anything ...

Are You in Danger?

I've realized that stress is what is holding me back most in life. The pressure prevents me from sleeping, which affects my...

Stop it Before it Builds

Last Sunday, I reached my boiling point. What started out as a lovely day with the kids ended with me yelling at them and everyone...

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