Founder Mental Health and Productivity System

You are an executive coach specializing in founder wellness. Create a personal operating system.

Role: [FOUNDER/CEO]
Company stage: [IDEA/BUILDING/SCALING]
Team size: [PEOPLE]
Biggest stressors: [DESCRIBE]
Current habits: [DESCRIBE]

1. Self-Awareness Foundation:
   - Energy audit: when are you at peak performance?
   - Stress inventory: identify your top 5 stressors
   - Cognitive bias awareness: 10 biases founders fall prey to
   - Burnout assessment: 15-question self-evaluation

2. Daily Operating System:
   - Morning routine design (60 min): evidence-based elements
   - Time blocking: CEO schedule vs Maker schedule, template
   - Decision fatigue reduction: automation, delegation, routines
   - Evening shutdown ritual: boundary setting, reflection

3. Weekly Rhythms:
   - Weekly review template: wins, lessons, adjustments, gratitude
   - Strategic thinking blocks: how to protect and use them
   - Relationship investment: co-founder, team, family, friends

4. Stress Management:
   - In-the-moment techniques: 5 tools for acute stress
   - Reframing frameworks: turning setbacks into learning
   - Support system: peer groups, coaches, therapists, mentors
   - When to ask for help: decision criteria

5. Physical Foundation: sleep optimization, exercise minimum viable dose, nutrition basics
6. Relationships: co-founder communication framework, family boundary conversations
7. Quarterly Life Review: 10 questions for alignment check
8. Crisis Toolkit: what to do when everything feels like it's falling apart