Empowering professionals to
i) increase their lifetime impact
ii) become their best selves
iii) take care of themselves and others
You’ll get a space for going deep on the things that you know you want to do but don’t, for reasons such as procrastination or being too busy.
I feel a commitment to both who you are now and who you are capable of being. Most of the time, you’ll feel my warmth and curiosity about what you want to work on right now. Other times, I’ll use my expertise and outside view to suggest different directions. Collaboratively balancing these two commitments is difficult and that’s why we’ll co-create a feedback culture.
I’m guided by an interest in contributing to the benefit of other beings and being truth-seeking and work best with people who share this. Consequently, I will attempt to support you in living up to your ideals in that regard in a way that’s atuned to your other values and needs.
I bring you both the theory and practice of i) positive psychology (the science and practice of human flourishing), ii) behavioral science (data-driven psychology with a focus on creating concrete behavioral change), and iii) wisdom from traditions such as Stoicism and secular Buddhism.
I recognize that we humans are fascinatingly complex systems with different parts that all interact with each other. Maybe your perceived pain point is “I’m not productive enough” but the actual problem is that you’ve lost touch with your professional purpose, sleeping suboptimally, or your schedule is all over the place, and lack good habits.
You almost certainly have great ideas, insights, and theories about how you want yourself and the world to be. That’s a great starting point! However, implementation and consistency will enable you to truly optimize for your long-term flourishing. We’ll take substantial care to translate the things we work on into high-quality yet pragmatic implementations and follow up on them. Moving you from theory to practice.
I’ve been excited about talent development since 2016 and have co-founded two non-profits and have worked as a coach. Prior to that, I was a medical doctor and did research at Stanford.
I decided to become a coach because I’ve been fortunate to have some great coaches myself, I love coaching, and I found the evidence compelling.
I live in London and when I’m not working, I love meeting friends, meditating, and, more recently, doing contact improvisation.
When I started coaching with Seb, I wasn’t working on the most important things and struggled with hopelessness and feeling misaligned. Our coaching enabled me to clarify my long-term priorities, make tough decisions, and take courageous action based on those decisions. Professionally, this was instrumental in me stepping back from my previous company to launch a new venture focused on the secure development of AI. Personally, I now feel more aligned with myself, hopeful about the future, and excited about life!
I highly recommend him.
Kristian Rönn is the CEO of Lucid Computing – A Secure AI Deployment Company. He previously co-founded Normative, a large company for sustainability accounting, and worked at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute.
Everybody should have a Seb. He really helps you take something chaotic and confusing and turn it into a manageable system where the next steps are clear. He’s got a great balance of helping you on the emotional side as well as the productivity side, and seeing how they relate to each other.
I now trust myself and my abilities to do what’s aligned with my priorities and saying no to things that are ultimately unimportant. I went from procrastinating while feeling guilty and stressed, doing unimportant things optimized for improving my CV to setting realistic and motivating goals that are aligned with my values while enjoying more time off and peace of mind. I now also have solid habits around sleep and exercise and trust that I can implement new habits when needed. I would highly recommend coaching with Sebastian!
