One thing every entrepreneur quickly discovers is that building a business is an emotional roller-coaster ride. As Matt Salzberg, CEO of fast-growing meal kit startup Blue Apron, so eloquently put…
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Get Out of the Judgment Zone
Recently, I was in Paris where I gave a talk to 150+ start-up entrepreneurs on how to “get a mental six pack. Speaking about resilience and bouncing back from setbacks, I…
How To Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
The Navy SEALs have a saying: “Get comfortable being uncomfortable.” Sounds like an oxymoron but, of course, if we want to grow, we need to get used to being outside…
My Rules For Making Dreams Real (When I’m Feeling Full of Doubt)
“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.” Tupac Shakur Yesterday, I woke up feeling a vague sense of dissatisfaction, for no concrete reason. All day, it kept dogging me. So…
A Simple Formula for Resilience
It was a beautiful spring day and I was 11 or 12 years old, humming a song as we set off on the three-hour drive home from a state piano…
How To Stop Worrying About Getting It Wrong
Last week, I co-presented a live workshop here in New York City with rock star coach and founder of Six-Figure Start Caroline Ceniza-Levine on how to handle high stakes performance…
How To Make Hard Things A Little Easier
A few days ago, I was speaking with a newly minted entrepreneur, someone who left his full-time corporate job to found a start-up last February. The first words he said on…
The One-Step Strategy to Bounce Back Faster
Last Saturday, I was walking to the train station to take Metro North to Connecticut where I mentor Navy SEAL candidates in mental toughness. Crossing 125th St., the heel of…
A Sneaky Secret for (More) Self-Control
Here we are, heading quickly toward the end of the year. If you’re tempted to throw in the towel on your goals — whether work, fitness, diet — and just…
Taking the “Ert” out of Uncertainty
A year or so ago, I was psyched when the Metropolitan Transit Authority installed electronic time clocks on New York subway platforms – just knowing that the next train wouldn’t…