#767: Jerry Colonna — Tim and Uncle Jerry Tackle Life, Big Questions, Business, Parenting, and Disco Duck

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and gyms. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world class performers, to interview them and tease out the habits, routines, favorite books. And so on that you can apply to your own lives. Sometimes I get Not just a two for one, but a hundred for one. When I interview someone Who also helps world class performers in addition to being such themselves.

sticking points to redefine themselves, to reinvent themselves, to chart new paths forward. And my guest today, Jerry Colonna, is such a person. He is the CEO and co-founder of reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. Dedicated to the notion that better humans make better Leaders. But prior to that. He was an operator in many different ways.

Prior to being a coach, he was a partner with JP Morgan Partners, the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase. He also led New York City based Flatiron Partners, which he founded in nineteen ninety six. with partner Fred Wilson, Flatiron went on to become one of the nation's most successful early stage investment programs. At age twenty five, he was editor in chief of Information Week magazine. He's written a bunch of books. We'll mention them at the end of the conversation, but one is reboot, the other is reunion, both Highly recommended. You can find his company reboot at reboot.io and Jerry on Twitter and Instagram at JerryCalona C O L O N N A. And he has been on the Podcast twice before. He is a fan favorite. People always take a ton away from our conversations, and I recap some of my favorite aspects of those in this episode.

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