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Your brain filters the world based on what you focus on—so why not train it to see success, fulfillment, and balance? This post explores the Reticular Activating System (RAS), the neuroscience behind focus, and how working moms and ambitious professionals can harness it to reduce stress, boost confidence, and thrive in both career and family life. Learn practical coaching exercises to shift your mindset, create new opportunities, and reframe your daily experiences. These are the good days—start seeing them today.

Insights from Bavidra Mohan, Director at Acumen, an impact organization combining the best qualities of philanthropy and business to spark transformational change and break the cycle of poverty.

Insights from Charles Hudson, Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures and 2023-2024 Chair of the NVCA Board of Directors, shared in a webinar hosted by Anita Hossain Choudhry, CEO of The Grand.

We designed The Grand Retro to help ambitious, high performers gain clarity on where they are, what matters most, and where to direct your focus.

...it was hard for me to shift my identity from a farmer, someone land-based, to someone who was in tech. I had big concerns: what are they going to think about me if I am no longer this farmer?

"My whole career has come from honing the ability to see the iceberg but know there's more, to step into uncertain, unknown situations and immediately see under the surface and understand."

Here's a glimpse into how we're assisting players on their journeys of self-discovery and growth.

"I think it's important to know what we love and what we value, not in a job title sense."

"Sometimes when people are polarized, part of the job is first giving them an opportunity to reflect for themselves."

"My goal is not to get to this end X point. It's more to approach every single day less with a performance mindset and more with the learning mindset. But in turn, it garnered more results for performance."

"I don't think that any of the existing boxes of career really work for me personally, so I feel that I have to create the career that is the best fit for me."

"I think the main similarity I see between coaching and bodywork is that the healing starts from within. When you're in front of an obstacle and you can't figure it out, you feel stuck. Usually the obstacle is inside, not external to you."

"Curiosity is not about asking questions alone; it's a mindset that involves exploration, play, and setting boundaries to protect oneself when curiosity is not reciprocated."

If you work on developing yourself, on discovering and deepening your self-understanding, it will only allow you to become more of who you are meant to be, like a cabernet will become a cabernet regardless of what man tries to do.

It’s more important than ever to have purpose, genuine human connection, and real support in both work and life.

My one piece of advice for future founders: don’t wait until the week before your fundraise to start “building relationships.”

While my core values have remained steadfast throughout my life, what has evolved is how I've continued to align my life with them.

Working in the classroom with the same 30 students over the course of a year, I noticed the nuances of how every individual student is different.

Tap into what it looks and feels like to be in your true “Zone of Genius.”

How would you define “success” to a Martian from outer space who is learning to navigate his career and life on Earth?

Seeing our values in this way can help us make decisions and set goals accordingly.

I was worried at different times that going down these different paths would be wasted time and wasted effort...

There is no right or wrong DISC style.

I’ve been trying to dig more into what independence means to me, and how that might be connected with loneliness.

When evaluating competency and commitment, separate the person from the task.

Psychological safety is the ability to be vulnerable without fear of negative consequences.

There are no breaks, but tons of heart explosions all the time!

Form follows function

"A small side project"

There are two fundamental coaching skills that we want our coaches, and eventually everyone in our community to master.

These are the principles that we hold ourselves to as a community.

Coaching gets you from where you are, to where you want to go.

In many ways, I feel that returning to The Grand as a team member is coming home...

We all have something we’re naturally great at. Here's how to uncover it.

If you are looking for a sense of community, intentional gatherings are the way.

We're teaming up with Angel City Football Club!⚽

A Grand Council member shares the transformative power of group coaching

See what 2023 brings The Grand community and meet our new coaches ✨

Learn more about Karen's coaching approach and register for our upcoming workshop!

How can founders transition from a "fixing" to "coaching" mindset?

A call for more support systems.

We’ve raised a $2.4M round led by Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six to scale our group coaching platform.

Insights from four decades of Interracial Marriage with Grand Guide Rebecca Young