7 things I love about working with founders
As a coach I help my clients to gain clarity, direction, focus and strategy to create the business and life they want.
But I truely believe that in order to do that I need to focus on creating that for myself.
“After months of trying on my own and failing I had one session with Ed and changed 8 habits literally overnight”
What the hell happened there? 👇🏻
Neuroscientist Dr Lisa Feldman coined the term “body budget” and it stuck.
You wake up in the morning with a sense of deep peace. You slowly become aware of your body as you breath deeply in appreciation naturally filling you with energy and anticipation for the day ahead.
Your recent dive into meditation has been different
Do Less
Read the same book again. All learning is associative. This means if your intent is to integrate the knowledge in the book you’re reading into your life then your best bet is to read it again.
Things that DON’T make unhappy employees happier
More money
More celebrations
More time off
Less “boring” work
I sold my gym and healthcare business in 2017 and decided to quit the hustle
I didn’t want to work 13 hour days any more.
I spent a lot of time reviewing my approach back then which could be best described as Do everything you can think of to achieve I don’t know what… success?
Anti Depressant Use Data Is Terrifying approx 1 in 10
• One of the major causes is nutrient deficiency.
Stop calling it procrastination and just tell the absolute truth
I’m not saying you’re lying, but…
Don’t say I’m procrastinating say,
Trying to STOP thinking about work doesn’t work
Here’s what to do instead
If you’ve tried to stop thinking about work you…
3 Secrets Zen Business Leaders Know That Overwhelmed Business Leaders Don’t
Want them? Here they are… 👇🏻
1. Zen business leaders know
Nutrition has become a controversial subject of late with misinformation being spread in the name of saving the planet
There are a few things that are both heavily research supported and that I have found most effective in 20 years of helping people in this area.
Discover how Jacob went from Overwhelmed B player leader to A player in less than 3 months
^^^ that’s a big thing in the start up community, often, you’ve either got it or you don’t and I get it.
Things move fast in the start up world and you have to be ready for that.
STOP 🛑 Starting with Why
It’s not helping your mental health
That not a dig at Simon Sinek.
It’s about mental health.
You are struggling with your mental health because you are making all the WRONG choices.
Make better choices… is that really true?
That’s the narrative around health and mental health right now and it’s hard to dispute.
This is what I do
In hopes of answering that, what is it you actually do question…
I help leaders to improve how they feel and perform in every area of life.
That’s the 2 second pitch.
I was told in my late teens and early twenties by enough people for it to get to me that I was arrogant.
What I thought it meant was something like unsubstantiated confidence.
I didn’t want to come across that way so to be sure I looked it up.
The definition was something like
INTEGRITY: the often invisible cause of high staff turnover and stress
There was a woman in India who was upset that her son was eating too much sugar.
No matter how much she tried to pressure and persuade him, he continued to eat too much.
This is me…
I’m an entrepreneur at heart and always have been. That is to say learning has always been the result of the trial and error of trying to make something happen in the world more than studying to gain knowledge and becoming attached to that knowledge even when it doesn’t create the desired change.
Success
It could be hard to achieve if you don’t know what it means to you.
Or perhaps you already have it defined but your definition is causing you to suffer?
Why I Love Working With Start Up Founders
Walk into any established company and into the C level and you will usually find an appointed team.
A team of individuals who have worked up through the ranks, been shown the ropes, trained, mentored, guided and supported.
