CEO Coach Matt Mochary — Live Coaching with Tim, Why Fear and Anger Give Bad Advice, How to Perform Personal Energy Audits, The Power of Accountability Partners, Delegation Tips, Strategies for Hiring the Right People, and More (#658)

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“Fear and anger give bad advice.”
— Matt Mochary



Matt Mochary ( @mattmochary ) coaches the heads of top Silicon Valley tech investment firms and companies on how to be the best leaders and build the best organizations possible.  His philosophy and method are captured in both the Mochary Coaching Methodology (which is available as a free Google Doc ) and in his book The Great CEO Within , which is available on Amazon and online (also as a free Google Doc ).



As a former founder, CEO, and investor, Matt knows firsthand the challenges of those roles as well as solutions to the most commonly encountered problems. His coaching is not questions-only; there is real guidance. Matt specializes in helping CEOs and their companies (or investment firms) transition from freewheeling startups to dominant enterprises.



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#658: CEO Coach Matt Mochary — Live Coaching with Tim, Why Fear and Anger Give Bad Advice, How to Perform Personal Energy Audits, The Power of Accountability Partners, Delegation Tips, Strategies for Hiring the Right People, and More













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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE




Connect with Matt Mochary :




Website | Twitter | LinkedIn




Mochary Method Curriculum | Google Docs



The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building by Matt Mochary, Alex Maccaw, and Misha Talavera | Amazon



The Great CEO Within | Google Docs



Fear and Anger Give Bad Advice | Google Docs



The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss | Amazon



The Rise of Modern Stoicism: Is Keeping Calm a Healthy Option? | Elle



Stoicism Resources and Recommendations | Tim Ferriss



11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or “A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007”) | Tim Ferriss



My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse (Includes Extensive Resource List) | The Tim Ferriss Show #464



All About the INTJ Personality Type | Truity



Virtual Coworking for Getting Anything Done | Focusmate



Change the Way You Work | Clipboard Health



Who: Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street | Amazon



Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers | Amazon



How to Conduct an Energy Audit and Why It Matters | Mochary Method Class #4



Finding the One Decision That Removes 100 Decisions (or, Why I’m Reading No New Books in 2020) | Tim Ferriss



Jeff Bezos: This Is the ‘Smartest Thing We Ever Did’ at Amazon | CNBC



How We Run Our Board Meetings to Benefit the Board and Brex | Brex



How Matt Mochary Became the Preeminent Tech-World CEO Coach | Fast Company



Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review’ Instead | The Tim Ferriss Show #559



Azores | Visit Portugal



Shut Up! | Loud Austin



How to Say “No” When It Matters Most (or “Why I’m Taking a Long ‘Startup Vacation'”) | Tim Ferriss



The Alpinist | Prime Video



Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign)



Chief of Staff: Why You Need One | Mochary Method



Tactical Resources for Founders, Execs, and Chiefs of Staff by Regina Gerbeaux | Notion



Favela Rising | Prime Video



The Gloves (Full Movie) | Matt Mochary



My Fair Lady Pronunciation | YouTube



Rikers Island | Wikipedia



After Leaving Prison, This Man is Helping End Recidivism | Good Good Good



Real Second Chances Start Here | FreeWorld



Introducing ChatGPT | OpenAI



Hoʻakeolapono Trades Academy and Institute



Onboard Yourself in 30 Days | Regina Gerbeaux



The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday | Amazon



The Tao of Seneca: Letters from a Stoic Master (aka The Moral Letters to Lucilius) | Tim Ferriss




SHOW NOTES




[05:36] Fear and anger give bad advice.



[10:23] Dispelling dating dread.



[17:19] The power of prediction.



[27:07] Next actions.



[30:56] Turning conversations into action items.



[33:36] Accountability for introverts and extroverts.



[38:20] What is Focusmate?



[40:23] Separating decision from implementation.



[44:43] Firing well.



[51:33] Effective and efficient recruiting.



[1:01:41] Getting honest feedback from past managers.



[1:04:10] The energy audit.



[1:10:36] Running effective and efficient meetings.



[1:18:56] Reducing and removing energy-depleting obligations from the calendar.



[1:34:01] Assistance with assistants.



[1:44:37] Why did Matt stop making documentaries?



[1:55:30] Why Matt’s building a startup.



[1:59:52] Rules, guide rails, and exit protocols.



[2:03:26] Downregulating anger and feeling the pain.



[2:19:16] Parting thoughts.




MORE MATT MOCHARY QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW



“Fear and anger give bad advice.” — Matt Mochary



“When I coach someone, I become their manager, period, end of story. And if by the third meeting they feel more successful, more engaged, more empowered, then they know the system works. And it’s all written out, so they can just copy, paste, use with their team members, and then it works with their team members as well.” — Matt Mochary



“In any organization, there’s a human that you are prioritizing. So if it’s a company, you’re probably prioritizing the customer. If it’s an investment firm, you’re probably prioritizing your LPs. If it’s your own personal life, you need to be prioritizing you.” — Matt Mochary



“I find that generally, humans are not incompetent … they’re uninterested. But if you can find a place where they’re interested, suddenly they become very competent.” — Matt Mochary



“I would say the most valuable thing about recruiting is first, learn how to fire well. And if you can do that, now the pressure is off, and you can take a little bit more chance on people you have intuition about that you really like, but maybe they’re inexperienced, maybe they’re young. And I find those people are often insanely good performers.” — Matt Mochary



“Allow yourself to feel pain.” — Matt Mochary



PEOPLE MENTIONED




Naval Ravikant



Brian Armstrong



Sam Altman



Ryan Holiday



Ayn Rand



Seneca



Marcus Aurelius



Gay Hendricks



Katie Hendricks



Steve Huffman



Wei Deng



Derek Sivers



Diana Chapman



Pedro Franceschi



Henrique Dubugras



Regina Gerbeaux



Eliza Doolittle



Jason Wang

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