Ask a CEO coach: My ‘wins’ never seem to last but I feel ‘losses’ forever. What am I doing wrong?

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Bill tackles a common theme for executives: Losses that loom much larger than wins, and offers some advice on rituals to break that cycle.

The subject of this week’s conversation is Omid, a forty four year old running a successful agency in Atlanta who struggles to celebrate the wins and instead feels the pain of lost pitches too deeply.

All of these trappings of success, like we just won Agency of the Year, and I feel like I felt more relieved than happy and I was relieved for five minutes and then I immediately thrust into a feeling of terror for the next year. We won the award for 2024.2025 hadn't even happened yet and I already felt this fear of a letdown in 2025.

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Author / Journalist: Bill Hoogterp

Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: United States

Topics: Leadership Advice

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News Sentiment: Negative

Fact Checked: Legitimate

Article Type: News Report

Published On: 2025-04-04 @ 15:07:09 (23 hours ago)

News Timezone: GMT +8:00

News Source URL: fortune.com

Language: English

Article Length: 1664 words

Reading Time: 10 minutes read

Sentences: 6 lines

Sentence Length: 278 words per sentence (average)

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