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Thoughtful insights for socially responsible entrepreneurs who give a ****! Honest conversations about impact, wellbeing and creating sustainable change.

The choice was never between pressure and vanilla
Founder mindset, Resilience, Coaching insights tanya paget Founder mindset, Resilience, Coaching insights tanya paget

The choice was never between pressure and vanilla

Are you using pressure to drive yourself forward - or to prove you're not going backwards? A client recently told me that stopping the push would be 'like giving myself a lobotomy.' I knew exactly what she meant. This piece explores what high achievers get wrong about pressure, ambition, and the fear of going vanilla.

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There is always more to your story...
Founder mindset, Impact & purpose, Resilience tanya paget Founder mindset, Impact & purpose, Resilience tanya paget

There is always more to your story...

My grandmother sold her business in her early eighties. She was a socially responsible entrepreneur before the phrase had been invented - and the blueprint she handed me is one I'm still following today. This is the story behind Ellipsis Coaching - where it came from, why it exists, and why the work matters to me as much as it does to the people I do it with.

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