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Alignment to Self

Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 by Eric

Following up on my last post introducing the alignment model, I want to share how this model applies to personal development. When I first met Jerry Weinberg in person in 2009 at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, he talked a lot about congruence, and I had no idea what he was talking about. Admittedly, that’s […]

Posted in alignment, coaching, cognition, selfdesign 5 Comments

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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Clarity and Focus

Posted on November 5, 2020June 29, 2021 by Eric

People occasionally ask me what I’ve learned in my first couple years as a leadership coach. The unspoken question is “What is the secret to being a better leader?” And while there is no secret per se, there is a formula I see consistently among people who have more impact: Clarity plus Focus. As context, […]

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What You Do is Who You Are, by Ben Horowitz

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 by Eric

Amazon link Ben Horowitz is best known at this point for being half of Andreessen Horowitz, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm. He wrote this book to answer the question: How do you as an organizational leader create and sustain the culture you want? As his book site summarizes, “To Horowitz, culture is how […]

Posted in coaching, leadership, nonfiction, selfdesign 2 Comments

It’s About Damn Time, by Arlan Hamilton

Posted on July 8, 2020March 11, 2022 by Eric

Amazon link Book site I first heard of Arlan Hamilton on the Startup podcast a couple years ago, and her story was amazing as a queer Black once-homeless woman without a college degree who decided to diversify Silicon Valley venture capital through sheer force of will. I was recently reminded of her when she opened […]

Posted in careers, coaching, fun_nonfiction, leadership, race, selfdesign 2 Comments

The Willpower Instinct, by Kelly McGonigal

Posted on June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 by Eric

[n.b. This may seem like a weird time to publish this book summary given my last couple posts, but I actually got this book from a physical library in the pre-Covid times, and the library is re-opening, so I have to return it soon. Plus, I do think it is relevant to anti-racism work to […]

Posted in coaching, leadership, nonfiction, selfdesignTagged mcgonigal, willpower 1 Comment

Letting go of the Hero mindset

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Eric

I’ve been thinking about personal responsibility this week, and how I align what I take responsibility for with what I control. In my own work with a coach, we’ve identified that I can get into a “Hero Eric” mindset where I try to make everything go right – I feel responsible for holding everything together […]

Posted in coaching, leadership, philosophy, selfdesign 9 Comments

The Interruption Opportunity

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Eric

As the coronavirus is wreaking havoc with our lives, I have been reflecting on what opportunities can be found in this tumultuous time. I wrote on LinkedIn about the value I am finding in an abundance mindset where I appreciate and give thanks for what I still have, and I wanted to expand on that […]

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Tiny Habits, by BJ Fogg

Posted on March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 by Eric

Amazon link Book site I went through BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits course back in 2014 with limited success in creating my intended habits. I was planning to skip the book since I figured it was more of the same, but after hearing a podcast interview with him, I realized he covered more in the book […]

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The Last Word on Power, by Tracy Goss

Posted on January 31, 2020February 10, 2020 by Eric

Amazon link Tracy Goss is an adherent of Werner Erhard, who developed the est methodology that was later monetized into the Landmark Forum. What I knew of the Landmark Forum seemed pretty dodgy (see this 2003 rant on how I thought it was an evil cult), so I didn’t even want to open this book […]

Posted in coaching, nonfiction, philosophy, selfdesign 5 Comments

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