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Amena Lee Schlaikjer

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Map Your Body of Work

Untangling the brilliant jungle in your brain.

Topics:

#founderjourney
#creators
#untappedpotential
#venturedesign
#wellnessinnovation

September 18, 2026

3

min read

Personal Venture Design

Venture canvas for the expert-founder.

Topics:

#founders
#founderjourney
#venturedesign
#founderproductfit

August 14, 2026

3

min read

Less is Magnificent

Practice the art of elimination.

Topics:

#mvp
#designthinking
#venturedesign
#wellnessinnovation
#founders

July 17, 2026

2

min read

Leverage Value

Unlock the transformative potential of your expertise.

Topics:

#founderjourney
#founderproductfit
#untappedpotential
#venturedesign
#innergame

June 19, 2026

2

min read

Sense Making

Go upstream to find the gold.

Topics:

#wellnessinnovation
#venturedesign
#designthinking
#mvp
#startup

May 15, 2026

2

min read

Minimum Viable (X)

Capturing what's essential for transformation.

Topics:

#mvp
#founderproductfit
#designthinking
#startup
#venturedesign

April 17, 2026

2

min read

Insight Hourglass

Build the brand and business from the core insight.

Topics:

#mvp
#founders
#designthinking
#venturedesign
#startup

March 20, 2026

3

min read

Five Coaching Excavations

Know these along your startup (ad)venture.

Topics:

#founderjourney
#calling
#blocks
#resilience
#steadystate

February 13, 2026

3

min read

Expert Competitive Moat

Protecting a body of work.

Topics:

#mvp
#designthinking
#founderjourney
#startup
#venturedesign

January 16, 2026

3

min read

Live the Questions

Some times seeking answers is futile.

Topics:

#innergame
#founderflow
#founderjourney
#founders
#regulation

December 19, 2025

1

min read

Make it Ownable

Expertise is not your product.

Topics:

#creators
#designthinking
#founderproductfit
#venturedesign
#untappedpotential

November 14, 2025

3

min read

Mastery Cycles

From pattern recognition to pattern creation.

Topics:

#designthinking
#untappedpotential
#wellnessinnovation
#venturedesign
#founderjourney

October 17, 2025

3

min read

Hard to Explain...

Piecing the trapped value inside your head.

Topics:

#designthinking
#founderproductfit
#untappedpotential
#venturedesign
#founderjourney

September 19, 2025

3

min read

Sensory Fluency

A taxonomy of our senses.

Topics:

#wellnessinnovation
#untappedpotential
#innergame

August 22, 2025

1

min read

Sense Cycle

Turn tacit knowledge into tangible assets.

Topics:

#wellnessinnovation
#venturedesign
#untappedpotential
#startup
#mvp

July 18, 2025

3

min read

Love the Craft in You

Stewardship over ownership.

Topics:

#founderjourney
#founderflow
#calling
#creators

June 20, 2025

1

min read

Sweet Spot...and Bitter Spot?

Your sweet spot is only half the picture.

Topics:

#founderflow
#founderproductfit
#founders
#innergame
#venturedesign

May 16, 2025

3

min read

Time Blocking

Prioritize through time blocking.

Topics:

#productivity
#performance
#morningroutine
#focus

April 18, 2025

1

min read

Three Key Shifts

Three keys to unlock founder stuckness.

Topics:

#positivepsychology
#performance
#resilience
#founderflow
#burnout

March 21, 2025

1

min read

Resilience is a Whole-Body Phenomenon

Building resilience through physical practices.

Topics:

#founderflow
#innergame
#regulation
#resilience

February 14, 2025

7

min read

"Flowability"

The missing circle in the innovation venn diagram.

Topics:

#performance
#flowstates
#flowchannel
#steadystate
#founderflow

January 17, 2025

3

min read

"Unholding"

The paradoxical practice of releasing into resistance.

Topics:

#energymanagement
#innergame
#regulation
#founderflow

December 19, 2024

5

min read

Coaching Your Parts

Why You Don't Coach the Person

Topics:

#steadystate
#focus
#blocks
#founderjourney
#startup

November 15, 2024

3

min read

Pull It Together

Toggle your locus of control.

Topics:

#energymanagement
#focus
#innergame
#regulation
#steadystate

October 25, 2024

5

min read

80% Them, 20% You

A formula for publishing / making stuff people want.

Topics:

#designthinking
#founderjourney
#mvp
#startup
#venturedesign

September 30, 2024

2

min read

The Untold Toll

The paradox of startup passion and pain.

Topics:

#burnout
#energymanagement
#founderjourney
#founders
#innergame

August 23, 2024

3

min read

Founder = Problem

Fall in love with YOU being the problem!

Topics:

#calling
#blocks
#founderflow
#founders
#performance

July 26, 2024

3

min read

Monk Mode Support

Structured ways to sit without distraction.

Topics:

#focus
#innergame
#untappedpotential
#calling
#performance

June 28, 2024

2

min read

Intensity Container

Engineer pressure cooker circumstances to move the needle.

Topics:

#energymanagement
#founderflow
#focus
#innergame
#productivity

May 24, 2024

3

min read

Catastrophic Loss of Qi

The black swan of energy management.

Topics:

#burnout
#energymanagement
#innergame
#founderjourney
#regulation

April 23, 2024

3

min read

Antidotes to your blocks.

Negative emotions cannot be resolved with positive ones.

Topics:

#blocks
#burnout
#energymanagement
#innergame
#positivepsychology

March 29, 2024

2

min read

The "No" Stack

The only productivity stack you'll ever need.

Topics:

#performance
#energymanagement
#productivity
#founderflow
#focus

March 15, 2024

1

min read

Don't Burnout While Starting Up!

Burnout needs new remedies for those on their own.

Topics:

#burnout
#energymanagement
#startup

February 16, 2024

5

min read

Founder-Product Fit

The deepest work of your startup.

Topics:

#calling
#founderproductfit
#founderjourney
#innergame
#venturedesign

January 19, 2024

5

min read

Unicorns, Zebras and Panthers...Oh My!

A new venture creature to spot.

Topics:

#founderjourney
#fractionalfounders
#unicorns
#creators
#founders

December 15, 2023

3

min read

Untapped Belief Pyramid

Thawing the iceberg of belief.

Topics:

#innergame
#founderjourney
#untappedpotential

November 17, 2023

3

min read

Design your own flow playbook

Do more, with ample energy, in less time.

Topics:

#founderflow
#designthinking
#flowplaybook

October 17, 2023

3

min read

Flow follows Focus, Focus follows the Eyes.

Our innate human ability to concentrate is becoming a rarefied skill.

Topics:

#flowstates
#focus
#founderflow

June 1, 2020

5

min read

Finding that sweetspot of mastery in the flow channel

Flow will be the most important 21st century skill for knowledge workers.

Topics:

#flowstates
#founderflow
#flowchannel
#csziksentmihaly

May 1, 2020

5

min read

Momentum’s Catapult

Scrap that overly complicated morning routine and just get going.

Topics:

#morningroutine
#founderflow
#flowstates

April 1, 2020

5

min read

UNTAPPED
TOOLKIT

Tools for better thinking and deeper sensing.

A collection of design sensing tools and models to help you explore your inner world, sense into new realities, overcome limitations, expand your beliefs, and set up systems for more flow. 

  • 01

    Know
    Thyself

    Be more self-aware about your gaps and potential.

  • 02

    Shift
    Internally

    Begin to embody a new way of showing up.

  • 03

    Struggle Gracefully

    Work through stuck points to propel forward.