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There’s no shortage of leadership advice online. Scroll your feed and you’ll find endless tips on optimizing your calendar, sharpening your pitch or making better decisions. After 38 years of building and funding growth companies, riding the waves of the capital markets, IPOs, crashes and reinventions, I’ve learned the real starting line isn’t my calendar or pitch deck; it’s my energy, the cadence of my breath and the weight of my feet on the floor.
I didn’t come to this realization in a moment of calm clarity or on a meditation cushion. It slammed in hard during one of the most