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What is (really) important? (and how to easily live into it) is a coaching-based program for leaders at the peaks of their careers.

Our lives are like a house, with each room being a part of our identity (entrepreneur, CEO, parent, sibling, etc.).* We all have dusty rooms, rooms that are super important but not getting the energy they deserve.

When you are a CEO, senior leader or startup founder, it can be especially easy to neglect certain important parts of your life. (I know, I’ve been there many a time.) Often, a corresponding sense of guilt and overwhelm begins to accompany thoughts of those parts of life — the less we attend to them, the worse we feel. To get woo-woo for a second, Buddhists call those thoughts “the second arrow” — the extra wound we inflict on ourselves by serving up guilt or angst. 

In this offsite**, leaders get time to reflect on what’s (really) important and to create easy and tangible ways to make change. Without angst and guilt. Participants have talked about how important areas of their lives were taking up a lot of space in their minds, but that after going through the program, these things felt much lighter and easier to attend to 

Specifically, participants will:

  • Explore what’s really important to you right now — and why

  • Pick one area of life you’d like to enrich and identify tangible, light ways to make it happen

  • Learn how to reframe this and other important things from heavy to light


*with thanks to Brad Stulberg for the analogy
**private coaching available if desired

 
 
 

Core program pillars:

  • The reason acting on what’s really important can become paralyzing is that it is something that is really important to you, but you’re not spending the energy you want on. The less energy you put towards it, the worse in feels. Taking time to reflect on why it’s important — and releasing any feelings of angst or guilt — is the first step to making a ohange.

  • Once we’ve honed in on what’s really important and why, the next crucial step is to lighten it up… this is where experimentation comes to play. And I mean that literally: the goal of designing experiments is to make living into what’s important lighter and more fun. We’ll do this by designing light and nimble experiments you can run.

  • No matter how important something is, if we don’t find a way to integrate it into our lives, it won’t happen. Experiments are the first step, but we’ll also cover ways to talk about this (or not) with your loved ones or teams, and how to continue to evolve as you experiment.

You’ll leave with:

  • New clarity about how you want work to interplay with life (honing in on one key aspect)

  • Actionable next steps and shared commitments

  • Tools to continue to proactively navigate your biggest priorities

  • (Cohort version): Knowing each other better

 
 
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What is (Really) Important? is offered in two ways: as offsites for cohorts of CEOs and as private coaching.

  • These include:

    • One full day* of immersion (8 hours)

    • Three check-in experiences throughout the subsequent year

    • Opt-in private monthly newsletters from Amy

    • Amy is available between sessions via email for questions

    *There is an option for a full two-or-three day offsite as well.

  • Includes:

    • One full day* of immersion (8 hours)

    • Three check-in experiences throughout the subsequent year

    • Opt-in private monthly newsletters from Amy

    • Amy is available between sessions via email for questions

“We loved our day and I would say it changed all of our lives. THANK YOU. It wasn’t the easiest crowd. You had 7 busy and exacting CEOs and everyone was like best day ever.”

Founder and CEO, Hipcamp (YPO experience)

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