The Moment You Stop Chasing and Start Choosing

The Moment You Stop Chasing and Start Choosing

By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. The Enough Moment It does not usually arrive loudly. There is no single morning where you wake up and everything is suddenly clear. It comes quietly, over time – a growing awareness that the...
Taking Over From the Person Who Built Everything

Taking Over From the Person Who Built Everything

By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. The Founder Who Won’t Let Go Taking over from a founder is not just about following a CEO. It is about following a person whose identity is woven into the business they built. For most founders,...
The Strange Gift of Stillness

The Strange Gift of Stillness

By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. The Blank Calendar For years, the calendar was the structure of your life. It told you where to be, what to think about, who needed something from you and when. The rhythm of board meetings,...
The Gap Between the Pitch and the Reality

The Gap Between the Pitch and the Reality

By ETJ Life – helping PE-backed CEOs thrive in work and life. The First 90 Days Don’t Match the Deck Here is something nobody tells you before you take the job. The company you were sold in the interview process and the company you walk into on day one are...