The Power of Accountability and Self-Discovery

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How to break out of autopilot and create the life you want | Graham Weaver (Stanford GSB professor, founder of Alpine Investors)

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Growth | Career

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The Power of Accountability and Self-Discovery

This chapter explores the crucial role of accountability in achieving personal goals, drawing parallels between hiring a personal trainer and working with an executive coach. It emphasizes the importance of verbal communication and writing down goals to enhance cognitive engagement, while recommending practical exercises like 'nine lives' to help individuals envision diverse career paths. The narrative highlights the distinction between external success and internal fulfillment, encouraging reflection on personal values and the pursuit of genuine joy.

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Graham Weaver teaches a top-rated course at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business (GSB), where he often unexpectedly ends up helping students figure out what to do with their lives. He is also the founder and CEO of Alpine Investors, a people-driven private equity firm. In our conversation, we discuss:

• Why everything worthwhile requires suffering

• Why most people operate on autopilot, and how to break free

• The “genie methodology” for discovering your true path

• The Nine Lives exercise for exploring different life possibilities

• How to overcome limiting beliefs that hold you back

• Why “not now” is often just another way of saying “never”

• More

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