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The cost of trying to prove yourself (at work)

Is productivity just performance?

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Jul 21, 2025
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This piece was co-written with my leadership advisor

Dr. Barbara Levin
from Leadership for Founders

Jean Louis Forain, Tightrope Walker (c. 1885)

Last month marked one year of working together. On our latest call, we circled on something we have both been trying to name and work through in our own ways. As our calls usually go, once we get going, we just start adding to a…

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Startups don’t stall because of broken products, they stall because the founder is bottlenecking growth. I help startup founders and operators grow, so their startups can scale. Think: fewer fires, stronger teams, faster decisions.
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