Brad Stulberg

Don't just view your staff as people that you work with.

Don't just view your staff as people that you work with.

View them as friends, particularly if you also want them to be all in.

View them as friends, particularly if you also want them to be all in.

And then you're not going to like this advice, but like my advice to you would be do everything that you can to carve out, even if it's just like two hours a week for non-work related community.

And then you're not going to like this advice, but like my advice to you would be do everything that you can to carve out, even if it's just like two hours a week for non-work related community.

And the reason I say that is because, God forbid, something happens and you have a huge failure in work.

And the reason I say that is because, God forbid, something happens and you have a huge failure in work.

It all goes to shit.

It all goes to shit.

I don't think this is going to happen because you're great, but let's just imagine that.

I don't think this is going to happen because you're great, but let's just imagine that.

It's so helpful to have another part of your identity that you can lean on when that happens.

It's so helpful to have another part of your identity that you can lean on when that happens.

I see this all the time with the Olympians that I've worked with is they're so singularly focused on the medal.

I see this all the time with the Olympians that I've worked with is they're so singularly focused on the medal.

And then after the Olympics, it's just empty.

And then after the Olympics, it's just empty.

because their entire identity was this one thing.

because their entire identity was this one thing.