The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast 242: Andrew Poles, Executive Coach & Ultra-Endurance Athlete: The Hidden Reason You Can’t Sleep: Being ‘Incomplete’
Andrew Poles is an executive coach, leadership strategist, and ultra-endurance athlete dedicated to helping visionary founders scale their businesses without burning out.
With 20+ years of experience, Andrew has coached over 10,000 leaders from companies like NASA, Dell, Schwab, Epic Games, and Netflix. After leading and turning around multi-million-dollar businesses, he left the corporate world to launch his coaching practice—hitting six figures in six weeks and doubling year over year since.
Andrew’s approach blends neuroscience, leadership psychology, and storytelling, helping first-time founders navigate the leap from individual contributor to visionary CEO.
As an ultra-endurance athlete, Andrew also understands high performance on a whole different level—training for and completing the grueling Telluride 100 Mountain Bike Race at 10,000 feet elevation. His upcoming book explores what endurance sports teach about leadership, mindset, and breaking past self-imposed limits.
SHOWNOTES:
😴 How do unresolved emotions + conversations quietly sabotage your sleep each night?
😴 What does it really mean to be “complete + present” — and why does it transform your nights?
😴 How can a messy to-do list + calendar create hidden sleep debt you don’t even notice?
😴 Where does being out of integrity + alignment show up in your body and your sleep?
😴 Why do unfinished relationships + resentments keep waking you up at 3am?
😴 How does speaking with truth + intention instantly shift nighttime stress?
😴 How can clear promises + boundaries create more calm in your evenings?
😴 Why does replacing memory with a real system + capture tool improve deep rest?
😴 How does completing your day with reflection + journaling shift your nervous system?
😴 Why does “being complete” increase your presence + peace faster than any gadget?
😴 And many more
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