Who needs sleep anyway

Sleep. What a concept. As an entrepreneur it's more rare than cash, and harder to come by. As Mark Suster wrote in his recent blog post about Entrepreneurshit "It’s 4.50am. Sunday morning. And I couldn’t sleep. I have much on my mind since I just returned from a week on the road. 5 days. 3 cities." Most nights I lie awake for 2-3 hours in the night. The gerbils running on the treadmills in my mind never stop. Problems. Opportunities. Equations. Spreadsheets. People. Endlessly running. Until recently I worried about [...]

By |2017-12-03T02:44:32-08:00November 27, 2012|Leadership|0 Comments

Are you an energy source or energy sink for your coworkers?

Everyone interacts differently in the office, based on their role and personality, but most people sort into one of two types with respect to their impact on other people: energy sources and energy sinks. The CEO has to be open to all, and to motivate and energize all, and so I become very aware of the net gain or drain of interaction with my coworkers - and everyone at all levels of the company is consciously or unconsciously impacting the energy level of the people around them. Energy sinks: - [...]

By |2017-12-06T17:04:38-08:00August 9, 2011|Career Advice|2 Comments

Ben Horowitz: CEO psychology – or Don’t Quit!

Terrific article in TechCrunch this week by Ben Horowitz - What's the Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing your own psychology.Managing inside my own head is by far the most difficult thing I do as a CEO and I appreciate Ben being so out and candid about what's going on inside. As he says "Over the years, I’ve spoken to hundreds of CEOs all with the same experience. Nonetheless, very few people talk about it, and I have never read anything on the topic. It’s like the fight club of management: [...]

By |2017-12-06T17:07:54-08:00April 2, 2011|Leadership|0 Comments
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