Happy workaholics, feedback, and social networks

The Mental Breakdown - Edition #25

From the Coaches

Ed Batista helps hard workers achieve a better quality of life, not by asking them to find work-life balance but by setting concrete boundaries so they can continue to work hard and stay happy in Happy Workaholics Need Boundaries, Not Balance.

Bryan Gillette shares ways to improve how your clients take feedback so that they can use it constructively in Three Questions To Ask Yourself When Receiving Feedback.

Diane Brescher reminds entrepreneurs that one of the most valuable assets they can cultivate is their social network in Using Social Networks for a Win-Win: The Value of Networks for Entrepreneurship/ Intrapreneurship.

Jodie Salt gives some much-needed advice on how strong women in the workplace can interact with other strong women without causing any issues in How to deal with other strong women at work.

Ben Dooley writes a motivational speech for all the downtrodden executive coaches out there who just need to know that everyone goes through what they’re experiencing in What’s the point? For every discouraged, frustrated, overwhelmed, scared and beaten coach, you are not alone.

Janet Tyler cautions on the frequent flaws she sees when leaders defer to so-called consensus decisions in Beware of Collective Decision Making.

From the Operators & Investors

Andy Johns speaks on Lenny’s Podcast about mental health, self-transformation, and healing in When enough is enough.

Sam Reese talks about how CEO networks helped give him perspective, mentorship, and more in 4 reasons why CEO networks are critical to success.

Oh hey, what’s Heyday?

Heyday is an AI-powered thought partner that helps executive coaches be more present with clients. Modern coaches generate automatic session notes, detect patterns from client conversations, and write targeted content with help from Heyday.

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