James Porter - Coach

High performers tend to get wired one particular way: identity fused entirely with what they achieve. The bigger bank balance, the promotion, the two or three holidays a year the job is supposedly paying for.

That's real success. Nobody's disputing it. But it comes with a cost, and it's almost never paid where you're keeping score.

It's paid by the spouse sitting upstairs alone while you're still answering emails. By the kids who stop expecting you at sports days and slowly become a bit more like strangers in your own house, because you're gone before they wake up and back after they're asleep.

It's still success. Just in a very, very narrow part of life.

You're not failing. You're just carrying more than one life was built to hold.

This clip is from my conversation with Aaron Hill on the Forging Resilience podcast.
Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2249142/episodes/19368544

Start with the free guide, 'How to Stop Drifting Before It Costs You Everything That Matters': https://www.genivointernational.com/resources.

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Confession: I'm a genuinely terrible gardener. Everything I plant seems to die pretty fast.

But even I know the rule: skip pruning the roses back, and next year you get way fewer flowers. Same with an apple tree. As my mum used to say "Prune it back hard now, and you actually get more fruit later".

Winter is the season nobody wants to embrace, the one where things have to die back and get stripped away. Skip it, and next season's growth is limited before it starts.

Pruning, in the garden and in life, is one of the most important things you can do for future growth. It's also one of the things almost nobody does, because it feels painful in the moment.

What needs pruning in your life this season?

This clip is from my conversation with Aaron Hill on the Forging Resilience podcast.
Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2249142/episodes/19368544
More resources: https://www.genivointernational.com/resources

Here's something most people never say out loud: a lot of CEOs are terrified.

Not of the market. Of being found out - that underneath the calm exterior, they're barely holding it together.

In this clip from Season 3 of Forging Resilience with Aaron Hill, we talk about what's actually happening under the surface for the people running the show.

If this sounds familiar, you're not the only one. Grab the free companion to A New Way to Thrive here: https://www.genivointernational.com/resources "How to Stop Drifting Before It Costs You Everything That Matters."

And if you want to hear the whole episode, click here - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2249142/episodes/19368544

Quick question: you've probably got a system for tracking ROI on your time, your money, even your energy at work.

Do you have one for your relationship?

Most high performers don't...not because they don't care, but because no one ever framed it as performance work. It is. Your relationship shapes your clarity, your decision-making, and the energy you bring to everything else you do.

Worth sitting with today. Something's in the works on this - more soon.

I’m opening 15 places for a 7‑week Mastermind for senior leaders — starts July 6.

You’ve built the life that looks like success. But inside it feels different: your mind rarely switches off, the people closest to you get what’s left, and things run on momentum rather than intention.

This Mastermind is for executives, founders and senior managers who want a different way. Practical tools, weekly accountability and a simple blueprint to restore energy, rebuild boundaries and reconnect with what matters.

What you’ll get: • See the real cost of your current choices and what to protect first
• A 7‑week blueprint to rebuild energy, boundaries and priorities
• Weekly accountability so insight becomes action, not another idea
• Renewed connection in the relationships that matter

15 spots only — founder price £297. Apply (2‑minute application): see the comment below. We review in 24 hours and tell you straight if it’s a fit.

If someone comes to mind who’d benefit, please tag them or forward the short blurb from the first comment — and if you’d prefer to introduce them directly, tell me who and I’ll draft the intro text for you.

— James

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