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Healthy boundaries. It’s the secret ingredient to becoming an extraordinary coach… A coach who crushes fear every day…

Ajit Nawalkha • The Book of Coaching: For Extraordinary Coaches

Coach Matt

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I've written one book, started seven businesses, scripted two dozen plays (and directed dozens more,) and spent twenty nights at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Small Giants by Bo Burlingham

Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

Test counterintuitive things only because no one else will.

Rory Sutherland • Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life

So in coaching the trick for me was to find a way to make as many of my activities be lunch pail, blue collar activities as I could.

Rich Litvin • The Prosperous Coach: Increase Income and Impact for You and Your Clients (The Prosperous Series Book 1)

Find Your People

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David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

I think these roles point to something a bit broader: the need for more generalist, or at least outlier, roles in organizations.

arbesman.substack.com • ☞ Outlier Roles in Venture Capital (and other Organizations)

Experience can be an effective teacher. But, clearly, only some students listen to their teachers. The people who learn from experience improve, advance, and (with a little bit of luck) become experts and leaders in their fields. I benefited from adopting the learning habits of some of the phenomenal poker players I was exposed to along the way. We