Bevy Baseball team is your Palo Alto PCL city champions! We had such an incredible season with what one longtime coach called, “the best PCL team I have ever seen.” Every player had something to give and contribute. Coaching with Brian/JC/Kevin was awesome too. Ready for a break but also so fun.
Loneliness isn't just about needing more people around you. It goes much deeper than that.
@davidspinks co-founded @cmxhub , wrote the book Business of Belonging, and helped shape the community-building industry in Silicon Valley.
In this conversation with Derek Andersen, David breaks down why spending more time with people still leaves you feeling empty when the other layers of connection are missing.
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#loneliness #community #mentalhealth #connection #divotpodcast
20 years ago today @andersenerica and I were married. I keep this photo right by my bed - it's the first photo we ever took together.
Whenever life has felt complicated, I look at this picture and remember that this guy would kill to be married to this girl with this life and I realign myself.
Feeling very blessed today.
Your heart and your mind won't always agree, and finding the connection between them is what matters.
Shardul Shah, partner at @indexventures , early backer of @datadoghq and Wiz, behind the $32B acquisition.
In this conversation with @startupgrinder , Shardul talks about why every entrepreneur should seek that integration, and why it looks different for everyone.
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#venturecapital #founders #mindset #indexventures #divotpodcast
Micromanaging is holding your team back more than you think.
Liz Wiseman (@bylizwiseman ) is a NYT bestselling author and former head of leadership development at Oracle.
Diminishing leaders tell people what to do, make every decision, and micromanage. The result? They get less than half of what their team is actually capable of. Multiplier leaders do the opposite and unlock virtually all of it.
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#leadership #management #teambuilding #mindset #divotpodcast
New Divot episode is live with Shardul Shah, partner at @indexventures , early backer of @datadoghq and Wiz, behind the $32B acquisition.
In this conversation with @startupgrinder , Shardul talks about confidence with humility, why the best companies are bought and not sold, and what it takes to integrate heart and mind when facing an acquisition offer.
Watch the full episode, link in bio 👉 @divotpod
#venturecapital #founders #startups #indexventures #divotpodcast
You have the ambition. You know what it can do. But without direction, you're just stuck in deadlocked traffic going nowhere.
Sahil Bloom, NYT bestselling author of The Five Types of Wealth, says the direction reveals itself through action, so start taking action and solving little puzzles.
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#sahilbloom #mindset #ambition #personalgrowth #divotpodcast
No great sculpture has ever been made out of clay.
Brandt Andersen is an award-winning filmmaker behind major productions like Everest, Lone Survivor, and American Made.
He makes a conscious effort not to bail his kids out of hard things. They need to go through it and get themselves out. That's how people are shaped.
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#mindset #parenting #resilience #personalgrowth #divotpodcast
Adaptability is the single most important human trait.
Sahil Bloom, NYT bestselling author of The Five Types of Wealth, has a clear answer when asked what single trait he would embed in a kid: adaptability, the ability to endure uncertainty and solve whatever problems show up in front of you.
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#sahilbloom #mindset #adaptability #personalgrowth #divotpodcast
