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user: LeonW created: 2010-11-21 karma: 2273 Coach to founders and execs looking to grow as humans. Co-founder of Buffer. Learning how to be present, kind and authentic. I tweet @leowid and write at leowid.com. submissions: Life advice from a book about raising dogs 3 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments Looking good vs. Feeling good: My true story about success 5 points | 5 comments A simple interview script to learn more from your ideal customer 2 points | 0 comments Painful startup lessons I had to learn again with my new business 6 points | 0 comments My biggest startup mistake: Thinking it would save me 4 points | 0 comments Stop holding people accountable, start treating them as adults 1 points | 0 comments How to build “Selbst-Bewusstsein”: My new favorite German Word 1 points | 1 comments People that think you’re an asshole 44 points | 54 comments The Urgency Illusion: How to stay present when big things happen in the world 4 points | 0 comments The Myth of the Great CEO 2 points | 0 comments Why it can feel so difficult to “do what you want in life” 2 points | 0 comments What Makes a Great Friend? 3 points | 1 comments The Unsure Founder and CEO: Dealing with Insecurity 4 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments Things the most successful people I know struggle with to be happy 110 points | 103 comments The surprising science of alpha males: The most empathetic member of the group 2 points | 0 comments When successful entrepreneurs start failing 1 points | 0 comments The more successful CEOs and founders I work with, the less I envy them 2 points | 0 comments Founder Coaching: Insights from a live session with Noah Kagan, CEO at AppSumo 2 points | 0 comments Emotional debt in startups 128 points | 60 comments What is CEO Coaching like? A live recorded session with a CEO and author 7 points | 0 comments The Dip Framework: No analysis, no tactics, no tools, no tips 3 points | 0 comments The Gift of Powerlessness 2 points | 1 comments My cure for anxious and ruminating thoughts that wouldn’t let me sleep 2 points | 0 comments What Palpatine missed: Letting the hate flow through me 1 points | 0 comments Reflections on my complicated relationship with money 1 points | 0 comments