Being able to be resilient is a wonderful adulting skill.

But what we're really after is the equanimity that says,

I may have made a mistake, with remorse I will learn from that mistake.

But my sense of self-worth is not at risk.

I will use the positive experience of that mistake

to learn and grow and do a better job

for the joy of doing a better job

not because I'm being chased by a demon that says,

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My guest today is Jerry Colonna, founder of reboot.io.

Colonna is a certified professional coach, but before all of that, he played a prominent role in the early

development of Silicon Valley. With Fred Wilson he launched Flattoron Partners in August of

1996 which quickly rose to one of the top VC firms. But like many of us he reached all

the goals he had set out for himself only to find how hollow and unfulfilling it really was.

People call Jerry the CEO Whisper

and you'll see why.

This conversation is personal for me.

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