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Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist

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2020 Year in Review

Posted on January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 by Eric

My priorities for 2020, as they have been for the last couple years, were to focus on my family, and to grow my coaching business. Having those priorities clear for myself made it easier to navigate the volatile year of 2020. Family came first, then my clients and coaching business, and everything else got dropped […]

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Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Posted on June 7, 2020June 17, 2020 by Eric

Amazon link I purchased this book when it came out several years ago, but gave up on reading it at the time because I didn’t have the patience to absorb Coates’s words and perspective. I restarted it this week, and finished it in a couple days, as it’s not a long book…but it is a […]

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Privilege and Self-Education

Posted on June 1, 2020June 7, 2020 by Eric

My heart hurts today, and I felt I had to write about what’s going on in America. Staying silent reinforces the current systemic inequities. Silence implies that the system we have is okay. And it is not okay. So I am sharing what little I know, and links for me and others in my position […]

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2019 Year in Review

Posted on January 4, 2020November 19, 2020 by Eric

I ended my 2018 Year in Review with the intention that for 2019, “I will stay focused on my priorities of my family and my coaching, and will figure out the rest from there within the remaining capacity that I have.” And that turned out to be a good summary of how I spent my […]

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My Coaching Journey (so far)

Posted on October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 by Eric

I recently realized I announced my recent career transition on LinkedIn, on Facebook, and have even been interviewed about it on the Corporate School Dropout podcast, but somehow forgot to talk about it on my own blog. Oops. The summary is that I left Google in July after working there for almost 11 years, to […]

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Bikepacking as a spiritual practice

Posted on October 3, 2019January 4, 2021 by Eric

As I mentioned in my last post, I went on a week-long bikepacking tour along the Lost Coast in Humboldt County a couple weeks ago (pictures here for those interested). I found the bike tour to be a surprisingly spiritual experience, so I wanted to share a bit about my experience. I realize that “spiritual” […]

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2018 Year in Review

Posted on January 1, 2019November 19, 2020 by Eric

Instead of my normal rumination on what I’ve learned this past year, let’s change it up, and do a picture-based post in mostly chronological order. Those of you that follow me on Instagram have seen most of these, but it’s a nice way to hit the highlights of the year. I’m still in the same […]

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Introduction 2018, and a story of personal growth

Posted on November 17, 2018February 16, 2021 by Eric

I like having a page on this blog to explicitly introduce myself, even though you can get a sense of who I am from reading the various posts and browsing the archives. I call myself an Unrepentant Generalist, because I am interested in many different areas and decided not to limit myself to just one […]

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2017 Year in Review

Posted on January 1, 2018November 19, 2020 by Eric

Let’s call this the Year of New Beginnings. I went into 2017 with two priorities: 1) to deepen my relationship 2) to deepen my practice of coaching Those priorities helped me stay focused on what was important to me in 2017, despite many competing obligations. 1) I met Tanya in November 2016, and we clicked […]

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Flip your default

Posted on December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 by Eric

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to fly away for a long weekend on a day’s notice (e.g. booking a cheap flight on Thursday to leave Friday morning). My immediate reaction was “I can’t do that! I have all these things I have to do! That’s crazy! It’s irresponsible!” So I decided not […]

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About me: I'm an unrepentant generalist finding my way in a world of specialists. I started this blog to review books, but I later expanded to write on whatever interested me across a range of topics.

I am also an executive coach, helping leaders become more effective by creating clarity and acting with purpose. You can learn more about my coaching at Too Many Trees, or by checking out my posts about coaching. I also regularly share coaching insights around leadership and personal development on LinkedIn, and you can sign up for my substack list to get biweekly emails with my latest blog posts and content:

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