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Commit To Your Art
Image When I was a teenager I was an all-in David Bowie fan. I recently started listening to his music again after watching the recent movie about him–Moonage Daydream. I found it surprisingly disturbing. It took me back to my teenage angst: my disenchantment with the...
Are you a generator or a manifestor?
Images Recently I've been working with the two co-founders of a startup and it's been wonderful learning from them and helping them be more fully themselves. After several coaching sessions, it's been interesting to find ways to leverage their different personality...
Find Your Original Spark 💥
sourced image A number of clients and friends are excited about ChatGPT and LaMDA, intelligent bots that are quickly gaining popularity for their detailed and articulate answers across many domains of knowledge. Ask the bot anything and it comes up with a pretty...
How to Grow Beyond Your Comfort Zone
sourced image One of my absolute favorite quotes in the world is, “If you want to change the world, encourage people to be more fully themselves”. Even before I began coaching, I quickly became aware that supporting people wasn't about molding them into some ideal....
When Your Team Feels Low
He was invited to speak about vegetarianism at a conference in London. Nervous and not quite feeling ready for public speaking he hesitated but said yes anyway, he’d be there. Arriving an hour early, while ducking behind the nearby building he smoked a cigarette to...
What Deepens Your Faith
Great entrepreneurs have really deep faith. Our clients may or may not believe in a higher power, religion or spirituality. Some people even claim not to believe in anything. However, to inspire a team to go create something that does not yet exist takes a whole lot...
David Lesser
Founder CEO
David is a social entrepreneur who believes the best way to change the world is to empower people to be more fully themselves. He has guided people and organizations through crucial transitions for over 35 years, acting as coach and confidant to CEOs and senior executives aspiring to the highest levels of personal growth.