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How To Build Resilience When Adversity Hits
When adversity hits, your first instinct is to retreat to what’s known and familiar. Discover the specific fear hiding behind the dark, and use three tools to build resilience and shine your light when it matters most.

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
5 min read


A Story That Will Challenge The Way You Measure Success
An old fisherman turned down an offer to make him wealthy, and his answer will challenge the way you measure your own success. Learn how to define enough, see how far you’ve come, and enjoy the life you’re building right now.

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
5 min read


Everyone Needs These Three People In Their Life
A viral video about the three people everyone needs sparked millions of views and a comment section full of pain. Coach VJ explores how adversity creates both heroes and villains, and how to become the magic for someone else.

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
4 min read


Who You Become In The Process
You can spend a lifetime chasing trophies, titles, and records. What actually lasts is who you become while you're chasing them. In this piece, Coach VJ shares a question that stopped an entire Division I basketball team cold, and unpacks why discipline, shown when no one's watching, is the real measure of character. What are you building in the process?

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
4 min read


Hop, Skip, Leap of Faith
Most of us think the trap is playing someone else's game. The real trap is spending our turn drawing their squares and never getting around to our own. In "Hop, Skip, Leap of Faith," Coach VJ uses a game we all played as kids to name a habit most high performers never catch themselves in — and gives you the awareness to start drawing squares that are actually yours.

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
2 min read


5 Ways to Stop Overthinking Before it Wrecks Your Performance
The second you start overthinking a skill you've already mastered, you start losing it. Five tools to catch that shift before it costs you the moment that actually matters.

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
4 min read


Authenticity and Trusting What You've Built
Before every big moment, there's a quiet decision: reach for someone else's tools, or trust the ones you've already built. This piece walks through why authenticity outperforms perfection when the pressure is highest, and how to recognize the skill you've been undervaluing because it isn't flashy.

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
4 min read


The Tool To Make You (And Everyone You Lead) Push Harder
Half a mile from the summit, most of my group quit — even after I promised them we were close. Here's what I learned about the difference between telling someone they're almost there and helping them believe it.

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
5 min read


The Habits Behind 25 Million Copies Sold
James Clear built one of the best-selling books of the last decade on three habits simple enough to fit on an index card — and rare enough that almost no one actually does all three. This breakdown covers the reflection audit that sharpens your aim, the consumption practice that raises your output ceiling, and the creativity habit that unlocks your best thinking. If you perform at a high level and want to build the habits that compound over a career, start here.

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
4 min read


7 Lessons From a Weekend With the Internet's Top Creators and Entrepreneurs
Seven lessons you won't be able to stop thinking about — and proof that the most successful people in the room are still navigating the same mental battles you are.

Vera Jo Bustos | Coach VJ
6 min read
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