Damian K. ten Bohmer (PCC)
@worldcoach.bsky.social
Professional Leadership Coach | Facilitator | ICF PCC | Hogan Certified | Blanchard SLII Certified | Leadership Development | Succession Planning | Global Commercial Leader | Self-Professed Technology Nerd & SciFi Tragic
When was the last time you allowed yourself to be a BEGINNER?
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
When was the last time you allowed yourself to be a BEGINNER?
Select one area where you're hesitant due to fear of appearing foolish.
Then step into it REGARDLESS.
That's where your growth lives.
Then step into it REGARDLESS.
That's where your growth lives.
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Select one area where you're hesitant due to fear of appearing foolish.
Then step into it REGARDLESS.
That's where your growth lives.
Then step into it REGARDLESS.
That's where your growth lives.
Epictetus wrote this 2,000 years ago:
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."
WISDOM doesn't come from protecting an image.
It comes from embracing learning.
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."
WISDOM doesn't come from protecting an image.
It comes from embracing learning.
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Epictetus wrote this 2,000 years ago:
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."
WISDOM doesn't come from protecting an image.
It comes from embracing learning.
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."
WISDOM doesn't come from protecting an image.
It comes from embracing learning.
The ones who stayed quiet?
They learned nothing.
GROWTH often appears awkward.
It rarely looks polished.
They learned nothing.
GROWTH often appears awkward.
It rarely looks polished.
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The ones who stayed quiet?
They learned nothing.
GROWTH often appears awkward.
It rarely looks polished.
They learned nothing.
GROWTH often appears awkward.
It rarely looks polished.
What future worry is causing you more pain than the present reality?
October 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
What future worry is causing you more pain than the present reality?
Present focus restores cognitive bandwidth for REAL problems.
You protect your decision quality.
You reclaim your sleep.
You stop paying interest on futures that may never come.
You protect your decision quality.
You reclaim your sleep.
You stop paying interest on futures that may never come.
October 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Present focus restores cognitive bandwidth for REAL problems.
You protect your decision quality.
You reclaim your sleep.
You stop paying interest on futures that may never come.
You protect your decision quality.
You reclaim your sleep.
You stop paying interest on futures that may never come.
A Stoic filter brings them back to what is CONTROLLABLE today.
The shift is simple:
Ask yourself, "Is this happening NOW, or am I suffering twice?"
Once in imagination.
Once in reality.
The shift is simple:
Ask yourself, "Is this happening NOW, or am I suffering twice?"
Once in imagination.
Once in reality.
October 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A Stoic filter brings them back to what is CONTROLLABLE today.
The shift is simple:
Ask yourself, "Is this happening NOW, or am I suffering twice?"
Once in imagination.
Once in reality.
The shift is simple:
Ask yourself, "Is this happening NOW, or am I suffering twice?"
Once in imagination.
Once in reality.
Seneca said it 2,000 years ago:
"He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary."
Anticipatory stress reduces working memory.
It kills risk calibration.
"He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary."
Anticipatory stress reduces working memory.
It kills risk calibration.
October 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Seneca said it 2,000 years ago:
"He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary."
Anticipatory stress reduces working memory.
It kills risk calibration.
"He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary."
Anticipatory stress reduces working memory.
It kills risk calibration.
In high pressure rooms I coach, the biggest drain is IMAGINARY crises.
Most of what leaders fear never happens.
Yet it taxes sleep, patience, and decision quality.
Most of what leaders fear never happens.
Yet it taxes sleep, patience, and decision quality.
October 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In high pressure rooms I coach, the biggest drain is IMAGINARY crises.
Most of what leaders fear never happens.
Yet it taxes sleep, patience, and decision quality.
Most of what leaders fear never happens.
Yet it taxes sleep, patience, and decision quality.
Where would your energy shift if you separated the controllable from the uncontrollable?
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Where would your energy shift if you separated the controllable from the uncontrollable?
This week: take one persistent worry.
Split it into "control" and "no control."
RELEASE the latter. Act on the former.
Split it into "control" and "no control."
RELEASE the latter. Act on the former.
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This week: take one persistent worry.
Split it into "control" and "no control."
RELEASE the latter. Act on the former.
Split it into "control" and "no control."
RELEASE the latter. Act on the former.
It gave him freedom to focus on what actually MATTERED.
Less firefighting. More follow-through.
His team felt it immediately.
Less firefighting. More follow-through.
His team felt it immediately.
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It gave him freedom to focus on what actually MATTERED.
Less firefighting. More follow-through.
His team felt it immediately.
Less firefighting. More follow-through.
His team felt it immediately.
I coached a Saudi leader who drew this line in his journal every single day.
Control column. No control column.
One simple habit.
Control column. No control column.
One simple habit.
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I coached a Saudi leader who drew this line in his journal every single day.
Control column. No control column.
One simple habit.
Control column. No control column.
One simple habit.
Epictetus had it right 2,000 years ago: wisdom is knowing the DIFFERENCE between what you can control and what you cannot.
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Epictetus had it right 2,000 years ago: wisdom is knowing the DIFFERENCE between what you can control and what you cannot.
I watch leaders burn energy on things they cannot control.
Politics. Rivals. The economy.
All noise.
Politics. Rivals. The economy.
All noise.
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I watch leaders burn energy on things they cannot control.
Politics. Rivals. The economy.
All noise.
Politics. Rivals. The economy.
All noise.
Wisdom isn't about perfect conditions.
It's about disciplined THINKING.
What's one thought you could change today that would immediately improve your leadership?
It's about disciplined THINKING.
What's one thought you could change today that would immediately improve your leadership?
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Wisdom isn't about perfect conditions.
It's about disciplined THINKING.
What's one thought you could change today that would immediately improve your leadership?
It's about disciplined THINKING.
What's one thought you could change today that would immediately improve your leadership?
Small shifts compound into steady leadership.
This week, audit your recurring thoughts.
Which ones empower you? Which ones drain you?
Choose ONE to consciously replace.
This week, audit your recurring thoughts.
Which ones empower you? Which ones drain you?
Choose ONE to consciously replace.
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Small shifts compound into steady leadership.
This week, audit your recurring thoughts.
Which ones empower you? Which ones drain you?
Choose ONE to consciously replace.
This week, audit your recurring thoughts.
Which ones empower you? Which ones drain you?
Choose ONE to consciously replace.
Change one thought, change your week.
Pick a draining loop and write its replacement beside it.
Run that upgrade for seven days and watch stress drop and clarity rise.
Pick a draining loop and write its replacement beside it.
Run that upgrade for seven days and watch stress drop and clarity rise.
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Change one thought, change your week.
Pick a draining loop and write its replacement beside it.
Run that upgrade for seven days and watch stress drop and clarity rise.
Pick a draining loop and write its replacement beside it.
Run that upgrade for seven days and watch stress drop and clarity rise.
I've coached leaders who lived in constant pressure—not because events demanded it, but because their thinking did.
When we shifted the lens from scarcity to opportunity, from fear to curiosity, everything changed.
When we shifted the lens from scarcity to opportunity, from fear to curiosity, everything changed.
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I've coached leaders who lived in constant pressure—not because events demanded it, but because their thinking did.
When we shifted the lens from scarcity to opportunity, from fear to curiosity, everything changed.
When we shifted the lens from scarcity to opportunity, from fear to curiosity, everything changed.
Marcus Aurelius had it right 2,000 years ago:
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
Not your circumstances. Not your calendar. Your THOUGHTS.
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
Not your circumstances. Not your calendar. Your THOUGHTS.
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Marcus Aurelius had it right 2,000 years ago:
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
Not your circumstances. Not your calendar. Your THOUGHTS.
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
Not your circumstances. Not your calendar. Your THOUGHTS.