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Alex Wisch shared thisCEO Nishimatsu reduced one of the most dangerous costs in a crisis: psychological distance. This matters because in unpredictable times, culture becomes the adhesive that holds everything together. Culture determines speed. Speed determines execution. Execution determines survival. When employees believe leadership is carrying the burden too, something powerful happens: People tolerate short term pain better. Trust rises. Belief strengthens. The company gains emotional buy in before it regains financial stability. Haruka teaches us that combining empathy and accountability can help people believe in an outcome before the numbers do. As a leader, would you be willing to sacrifice your salary, lifestyle, and status before asking your employees to sacrifice theirs? ——————————- Video Credit: selfish.wealth *Note Correction: One of the most profitable airlines in the world.
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Alex Wisch shared thisThis news reporter is wrong. Consistency did not win him the Los Angeles Marathon. It closed the gap. Something more powerful decided the finish. Nathan Martin, a substitute teacher and coach, won the closest finish in LA Marathon history, edging Michael Kimani Kamau by 0.01 seconds. At the end, training was not the differentiator. Mindset was. Who could stay mentally sharp when pain, pressure, and doubt hit at the same time. Talented people get passed under pressure every day. Because capability is not the same thing as execution when the stakes are high. A 2019 review spanning more than 100 years of research found that conscientiousness is the strongest noncognitive predictor of occupational performance. Discipline. Reliability. Self-control. Follow-through. (PNAS, 2019) This race highlights an outdated belief: success belongs to the most naturally gifted person in the room. As that research shows, it often goes to the person who stayed consistent long enough to close the gap, then stayed mentally sharp when pressure hit. Martin did not suddenly find talent. Consistency put him in striking distance. Mindset took over when the moment got tight. In your career, consistency keeps you improving. Mindset gives you the edge in interviews, negotiations, and split-second decisions that can change everything. This is where careers are won, or quietly lost. My advice: Build a strong mindset under pressure, not just in ideal conditions. What you can do on your worst day says more about your future than what you can do on your best. So what matters most in the long run: talent, consistency, or mindset?
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Alex Wisch shared this70% of people who love their job still burn out. Energy gets drained without awareness. Small inefficiencies add up. The drop happens late. Peak performers operate differently. They conserve energy. They stay in flow. They keep movements and decisions clean. That’s why they last longer. Watch Laird Hamilton. The wave looks chaotic. His movement is precise. Breath. Timing. Position. Nothing wasted. That’s the skill. Performance drops when awareness drops. Recovery comes from catching it early. Even the best step off. Apply this today: Check in 3 times: • Thinking sharp or forced • Decisions clean or slow • Body steady or drained If two are off, take a 15-minute reset. Peak performance comes from awareness, controlling your energy, and knowing when to call it a day Have you ever done something you loved and still burned out? For more content on #burnout and #peakperformance follow Alex Wisch
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Alex Wisch shared thisMost people focus on the upside of a deal. Very few stop to examine the downside. Recently I worked with a client who had already loaned over $600,000 to help keep a company alive. The founder was the client’s close friend. For six months she stepped in to help stabilize operations while a formal agreement was being drafted that would give her a leadership role and equity in the business. But when the draft agreement finally appeared, the structure told a different story. The contract offered less than 1% equity. Meanwhile: Her capital had kept the company alive. Her operational support had stabilized the business. Her risk exposure was already significant. In reality, her contribution justified 10%+ ownership. During those six months while the contract remained unsigned, she carried the downside. They carried the upside. Once we reviewed the structure, several issues surfaced immediately: • The equity structure was dramatically misaligned • The loan exposure lacked proper protection • Key ownership protections were missing Legal counsel was brought in immediately and the structure was corrected before anything was signed. Her capital was protected. Her exposure was reduced. Her company remained secure. Situations like this happen far more often than people realize. Most people are not malicious. But, excitement around opportunity causes people to overlook structure. Risk mitigation rarely gets celebrated. But the operators who slow down before signing are the ones who stay in the game the longest. This situation was solved for the client within 48 hrs of being hired. The carousel breaks down the situation and what we uncovered.
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Alex Wisch shared thisRemote work gives you freedom. But it removes one of the most powerful drivers of productivity. Proximity to high performers. Research shows that for every high performer you sit near, productivity increases by about 15%. Sit near a low performer and productivity can drop by nearly 30%. Human behavior is contagious. We constantly calibrate our effort based on what we see around us. In an office you notice it without thinking. Someone answering emails quickly. Someone finishing a proposal. Someone staying focused through the afternoon. Your brain quietly raises its own standard. But something interesting happens when you remove proximity entirely. You gain freedom. But you also gain silence. And silence can be strangely seductive to the human brain. Instead of calibrating your effort against high performers, the brain starts comparing effort to something easier: the couch the phone the fridge the quiet comfort of working alone This is the hidden productivity challenge of remote work. The most productive remote leaders understand this. They don’t rely on motivation. They design systems that recreate proximity to excellence, whether through peer groups, structured work blocks, accountability systems, or intentionally surrounding themselves with other high performers. Remove proximity and you gain freedom. But if you want peak performance, you have to recreate the signal that drives it. If you work remotely, what have you done to stay surrounded by high performers?
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Alex Wisch shared thisHow do you start an airline without money… or airplanes? Richard Branson figured it out. When Virgin Atlantic started, Branson didn’t buy anything. Instead, he found a Boeing sitting unused and structured a deal around it. The airline was assembled piece by piece using assets from other organizations. STOP! That’s the part most people miss. Brandon leveraged resources from other companies by partnering with them. Here is how it works: Every business runs on the same five assets. Distribution Credibility Attention Capital Talent Too many founders use up all their own capital and mentally get consumed by pitching to investors, thinking that is the only way forward. But, what if we look at the list and take one away? The answer is actually fairly simple; replace it with another one. Be creative! Earlier, Virgin traded attention and brand credibility for aircraft, airport access, and partnerships. Large companies do this constantly. Startups forget they can play the same game. Once you stop asking for funding and start offering participation in the upside, the entire conversation significantly shifts. Doors open that money alone can’t buy. How creative have you gotten, when money is scarce?
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Alex Wisch shared thisNo words. No explanation. But the message is obvious. People are starving for connection. Especially the ones carrying the most pressure. Founders. Executives. Operators responsible for big decisions. From the outside it looks like power. Inside, many are navigating enormous weight alone. Investors pushing. Employees depending on them. Decisions that affect millions of dollars, families, and years of work. And there are very few places where they can actually put that weight down. Isolation changes decision quality. When people feel alone long enough, they start forcing decisions just to relieve pressure. Bad partners get signed. Wrong capital gets taken. Deals get rushed. That is why the strongest operators I know do not carry everything themselves. They have a small circle where the pressure can be processed before decisions are made. One of the most valuable things in a high-stakes environment is making sure the person making the decisions isn’t standing alone. For more on #Leadership, #DecisionMaking, and #MentalHealth, follow Alex Wisch.
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Alex Wisch shared thisNothing is more important than your mental health. Not your title. Not your money. Not your achievements. Some people will disagree with that. But imagine waking up tomorrow and your mind no longer works the way it did yesterday. That’s exactly what happened to me. Until I was 20 years old, I had never had a dark thought in my life. I was a top 3 sailor in North America with a goal of going to the Olympics and had a 4.0 GPA my freshman year at an Ivy League university. Then one morning everything changed. September 17th. I woke up and for the first time ever had a thought about not wanting to live. No reason. No warning. No explanation. For the next eight years I battled debilitating depression. I went from a high-performing student athlete to being on disability, unemployed, and nearly forgotten. During that time I went through dozens of medications, electroconvulsive therapy, ketamine treatments, hospitalizations, and years inside the mental health system. And I learned something most people don’t realize until it happens to them. When your mental health collapses, everything else collapses with it. Your career. Your relationships. Your ability to function. The simplest task, getting out of bed, can become the biggest victory of the week. Depression doesn’t discriminate. I’ve seen it happen to founders, executives, and some of the most capable people you would never expect. Which is why your mental health is not optional. It is the foundation everything else is built on. The good news is there are ways to reduce the likelihood and develop the resilience to navigate it if it happens. Some Places To Start: • Protect your sleep like an elite performer protects training. Most mental health collapses begin when sleep quietly deteriorates. • Move your body even when your mind says no. Physical motion is one of the fastest ways to interrupt negative mental loops. • Treat early warning signs like a smoke alarm, not a personality flaw. Loss of motivation, irritability, brain fog, and withdrawal are signals something needs attention. • Design structure before you need it. Morning routines, training, sunlight, and consistent schedules stabilize your nervous system long before problems appear. • Choose environments that support your brain. The people you spend time with, the stress you tolerate, and the inputs you consume shape your mental state more than you realize. Your mental health determines the quality of every decision you make. Take care of it. Everything else depends on it.
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Alex Wisch shared this5 minutes 10.43 seconds is the exact time you will need to change your perspective on life. I cannot write a post that compares to this man’s insight. But, I will emphasize that adversity, gives you an opportunity to deeply learn and change how people think. Embrace your hardships. Listen… Reflect… Comment…
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When you have to make those decisions under extreme pressure, remember that your decision and how you behave implementing it, can make or break the outcome.
Always put yourself in the place of the people who are most effected by what happens next.
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Michael Girard, MA, MScEd the broadcaster left out a few key pieces of the story… just a few.
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Anthony Ayoade 100% It falls inline with bannister effect… I would be very curious to know what was going through his mind before during, and at the end of the race.
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Alex Wisch liked thisAlex Wisch liked thisLoyalty isn't loud. It's proven in rooms you never enter. Not everyone who smiles with you will speak up for you. That's the quiet loyalty test. It's not about who shows up at your celebration. It's about who says your name in a closed room when there's nothing in it for them. No audience. No reward. No reciprocity. Just a choice. Most people have a full circle. Few have a loyal one. The difference lives in moments you'll never see: 1. When your name comes up and they could stay silent. 2. When credit is being assigned and you're not there. 3. When someone questions your ability and they push back. 4. When an opportunity surfaces and they say your name first. You won't always know it happened. Sometimes you find out years later. Sometimes never. But those are the ones who matter. Surround yourself with those who fight for rooms you aren't in. Not because it's easy. Not because they'll get credit. But because they believe in you that much. Share this to remind others: loyalty isn't loud, it's proven in the rooms you never enter. For insights on building the inner circle, join me, Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey.
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Alex Wisch reacted on thisAlex Wisch reacted on thisBe careful what you tolerate... You’re not just enduring it — you’re silently teaching people how to treat you. 🚩 Constantly overlooked or disrespected? 😔 Feeling like you're walking on eggshells around others? 😤 Tired of being the one who always has to “keep the peace”? These aren’t small issues. They’re signs of boundaries being crossed. Here’s how to reset the tone: 1. Get clear on your non-negotiables. 🧭 ↳ Know what behavior you will and won’t accept. 2. Communicate with confidence. 🗣️ ↳ Assert yourself without apology — respectful doesn’t mean passive. 3. Remove yourself when needed. 🚪 ↳ You don’t have to stay in spaces where you’re not valued. Remember: People will treat you the way you allow them to. Protect your energy. Set the standard. And don’t be afraid to walk away. 👇 What’s one boundary you’ve learned to enforce? Let’s help each other grow. ---------- 📌 Follow me Gav Blaxberg for more content like this. ♻ 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 to share with your network ♻
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Alex Wisch reacted on thisAlex Wisch reacted on thisThe hardest skill in building a company isn’t strategy. It’s knowing whose advice to listen to. When you're building a business, criticism is going to come from everywhere. Your family will question your choices. Strangers on the internet will have opinions. People who've never built anything will tell you exactly what you're doing wrong. You can't let every voice carry the same weight. If you do, you'll spend all your energy on defending your decision instead of focusing on what you're trying to build. Learning whose voice to let in is one of the most critical skills you'll develop as a founder. And you can build that discernment over time: 1. Consider the source ↳ Before taking criticism, ask yourself: Has this person done what I'm trying to do? → If the answer is no, their opinion doesn't need to shape your decisions. 2. Know your core circle ↳ These are the people who genuinely want you to succeed. → Filter out everyone else. 3. Separate feedback from projection ↳ Some criticism is useful. Some of it is just fear wrapped up in words. → Knowing the difference can help you grow massively. 4. Widen carefully as you grow ↳ As you build, you can seek input from trusted peers who are on the same journey. → Remember to stay intentional about who you invite in. 5. Protect your energy ↳ You can't build something great if you're always defending yourself. → Focus on the voices that actually help you move forward. Criticism will always sting a little. But when you're clear about whose voice matters, it stops derailing you. Be smart about who you give your attention to. Who's in your core circle for critical advice? Tag them in the comments! P.S. My 17 year old Remy Kuecker did his first post day be sure to check out his posts and follow along! And if y'all want to read more about what I've learned from building and exiting six businesses, sign up for my weekly newsletter, Growth Factor: bit.ly/Growth_Factor ♻️ Repost to remind another founder to filter the noise.
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MoveMe South Africa
- Present 4 years 4 months
Animal Welfare
MoveMe is media that compels action, creates lasting change and uplifts the human spirit. This genre is based on five principles: Abundance for all; Local hiring; Mentoring and training; Self-sufficiency and Sustainability.
The first project is MoveMe South Africa; highlighting all the amazing gifts South Africa has to offer. From the food, to women empowerment, to the wildlife, to the artistic talents throughout the region. The genre is based on profitable social impact. Where the…MoveMe is media that compels action, creates lasting change and uplifts the human spirit. This genre is based on five principles: Abundance for all; Local hiring; Mentoring and training; Self-sufficiency and Sustainability.
The first project is MoveMe South Africa; highlighting all the amazing gifts South Africa has to offer. From the food, to women empowerment, to the wildlife, to the artistic talents throughout the region. The genre is based on profitable social impact. Where the profits are shared in a meaningful way with the locals and surrounding villages who are part of MoveMe South Africa.
MoveMe will MoveUs. https://moveme.studio
I have assisted MoveMe to help build strategic partnerships to grow the business and bring in capital. In addition, I have utilized my executive and life coaching skills to aid the founders in leveraging their strengths, optimizing their productivity, and prevent burnout. -
Mentor / Strategic Advisor
MassChallenge
- 7 months
Economic Empowerment
Business mentor and strategic advisor for several companies within Mental Health, Tech, and Fitness. Key areas focused on were leadership, business plan, communication skills, business strategy, capital raise readiness, and solving complex problems.
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