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Leo Widrich

Personal blog · leowid.com · on HN as LeonWstartupscareer

Leo Widrich's personal blog at leowid.com covers startups and career. Since 2019, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 49 times, most often “Reclaim your rage to become a more courageous leader”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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49mentions?
3HN people?
2019–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 23 in 2019

The author on HN?

LeonW · 2,273 karma · member since 2010

Coach to founders and execs looking to grow as humans. Co-founder of Buffer. Learning how to be present, kind and authentic. I tweet @leowid and write at leowid.com.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Reclaim your rage to become a more courageous leader
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-07-11
  2. Practical Facts about the Human Brain
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-02-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted Takeaways from coaching CEOs, founders and VCs as a story · 533 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted Practical Facts about the Human Brain as a story · 396 points

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  3. Submitted German expressions that don’t exist in English as a story · 158 points

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  4. Submitted The Startup Empathy Dilemma: As power and impact grow, empathy diminishes as a story · 138 points

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  5. Submitted Emotional debt in startups as a story · 128 points

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  6. Submitted Things the most successful people I know struggle with to be happy as a story · 110 points

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  7. Submitted People that think you’re an asshole as a story · 44 points

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  8. Submitted Companies stagnate when their leaders stagnate as a story · 42 points

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  9. Submitted My biggest fear: Taking time off, relaxing and resting as a story · 24 points

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  10. Submitted What is CEO Coaching like? A live recorded session with a CEO and author as a story · 7 points

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  11. Submitted Painful startup lessons I had to learn again with my new business as a story · 6 points

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  12. Submitted Looking good vs. Feeling good: My true story about success as a story · 5 points

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  13. Submitted My biggest startup mistake: Thinking it would save me as a story · 4 points

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  14. Submitted The Urgency Illusion: How to stay present when big things happen in the world as a story · 4 points

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  15. Submitted The Unsure Founder and CEO: Dealing with Insecurity as a story · 4 points

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  16. Submitted How remote work may impact our brains and what to do about it as a story · 4 points

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  17. Submitted What Makes a Great Friend? as a story · 3 points

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  18. Submitted The Dip Framework: No analysis, no tactics, no tools, no tips as a story · 3 points

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  19. Submitted Successful, yes, but driven by fear as a story · 3 points

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  20. Submitted Lessons I Learned from Living with Buddhist Monks for a Year as a story · 3 points

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  21. Submitted A simple interview script to learn more from your ideal customer as a story · 2 points

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  22. Submitted The Myth of the Great CEO as a story · 2 points

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  23. Submitted Why it can feel so difficult to “do what you want in life” as a story · 2 points

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  24. Submitted The surprising science of alpha males: The most empathetic member of the group as a story · 2 points

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  25. Submitted The more successful CEOs and founders I work with, the less I envy them as a story · 2 points

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  26. Submitted Founder Coaching: Insights from a live session with Noah Kagan, CEO at AppSumo as a story · 2 points

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  27. Submitted The Gift of Powerlessness as a story · 2 points

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  28. Submitted My cure for anxious and ruminating thoughts that wouldn’t let me sleep as a story · 2 points

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  29. Submitted Reclaim your rage to become a more courageous leader as a story · 2 points

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  30. Submitted “I’m sorry you have to see me in this way” as a story · 2 points

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