Category: Coaching
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The incredible story of Jo Van Gogh Bonger
Look at this face. This incredible lady singlehandedly and against all odds created the brand of who is today the most recognized artist in the world. I was browsing Google photos trying to find a photo of van Gogh (the painter himself not his work) in order to paint his portrait when my eyes landed…
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When there’s a will there’s a way
The other day as I was taking one of my “let’s keep our sanity while in quarantine” walks I happened to bump into this incredible tree. And it seemed to capture in one frame what it really takes to reinvent yourself in times of unbelievable difficulty. I’m not sure what happened in this tree’s but…
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What’s your before & after vision?
COVID-19 is the mother of all triggers. You want to react and being proactive is realllllllly hard. Your team looks up to you with one question in their minds “What should we do now?” But asking “what to do?” is a question that is reactive by nature and in times like these, we should do…
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Accountability 2.0
In the past year I found myself thinking a lot about accountability. As I was caching founders and teams I noticed that whenever we mentioned the term “accountability” or asked “Who is accountable?” people usually moved uncomfortably in their chairs. Accountability felt like a hot potato no one wanted to hold, and so I kept…
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The ultimate job to be done
Clayton M. Christensen passed away this week… He left behind him an incredible body of work and books that helped countless companies and individuals find the balance between the short term business pressures and the longer-term, survival, need to always innovate. I don’t think there is a single concept that impacted me, in my 20 years as…
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Your team needs a destination not just a goal
You can say your goal for this year is 20m ARR Or you can say… We transformed into a scalable, global, enterprise-grade, solution that became the default workflow of our users, resulting in 5 case studies that shrank our sales cycle to 6 months and grew our average client value to >500k resulting in 20m ARR.…
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I do!
“I do” might be the most powerful combination of words in the English language. What is incredible in these 3 letters is that they marry commitment and action in a way that no other words do. These 3 letters come with everything you need to accomplish anything you dream of. But if you want them…
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Why an orange is an orange even when it’s a lemon (and the secret power of the words “I think”)
2 years ago we built a garden on our roof. From that day on, I woke up every morning, took a deep breath of garden scents, and went to talk to my trees (I do that 😊). Each morning, I thanked my trees for making my day and for bringing the bees and the hummingbirds…
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The power of a simple undeniable truth
The first time I heard Johan Cruyff’s quote it blew my mind in its simplicity: There is only one ball, so you need to have it. Johan Cruyff discovered Total Football (the real football 😏) playing for the amazing Netherlands national team and Ajax during the 70s, and with it came the simple realization: if your team is…
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Seriously, a saber-tooth attack at 2 a.m. (again)?
It’s 2 a.m. and you’re lying in bed. Everything around is quiet and calm yet here you are awake staring at the ceiling. Your heart is beating fast, your mouth feels dry, your pupils are so dilated you can literally see in the dark, your skin feels cool and a bit sweaty and your body…