ONE PERCENT BETTER Sharing small mental health & performance coaching insights to help your level up and lead -- all in 5 mins or less. Written By: Justin Carotti, LCSW, LADCLicensed TherapistPerformance Consultant for High Performers ICYMI: Be sure to check out my appearance on "The Council of Dudes Podcast" with Vinny Brusco: Coming Up: I'll be joining a panel discussion on the "Fail First Podcast" with Alec Martone in February. Click below to subscribe and stay up-to-date with his show and...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
ONE PERCENT BETTER Sharing small mental health & performance coaching insights to help your level up and lead -- all in 3 mins or less. Written By: Justin Carotti, LCSW, LADCLicensed TherapistPerformance Consultant for High Performers Team OPB: I hope the start to your new year has provided you the space to reflect upon last year, and to think critically about what matters most to you in the year ahead. I hope that the content your read here helps you along way towards becoming the best...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
ONE PERCENT BETTER Sharing small mental health & performance coaching insights to help you win each week -- all in 3 mins or less. Written By: Justin Carotti, LCSW, LADCLicensed TherapistPerformance Consultant for High Performers 8 Lessons from 1,500+ Hours With Clients in 2025 As we enter the final edition of 2025, I wanted to try and synthesize the lessons I learned from over 1500 hundred hours spent with clients as a therapist and high performance coach. Here are the eight lessons that...
2 months ago • 7 min read
ONE PERCENT BETTER Sharing small mental health & performance coaching insights to help you win each week -- all in 3 mins or less. Written By: Justin Carotti, LCSW, LADCLicensed TherapistPerformance Consultant for High Performers The Leader, The Manager, and The Salesperson Most people I consult with don’t struggle in business because they lack discipline, intelligence, or effort. They struggle because they’re playing the wrong role—and no one ever told them. If you’re a young professional,...
3 months ago • 6 min read
ONE PERCENT BETTER Sharing small mental health & performance coaching insights to help you win each week -- all in 3 mins or less. Written By: Justin Carotti, LCSW, LADCLicensed TherapistPerformance Consultant for High Performers Death, Fear, and the Conversations Men Don’t Have I talk about death and mortality in my work with men. Many of my clients don’t say what they want to say to others. They fear letting people down, and are thus burdened by the notion that they may die holding onto...
3 months ago • 6 min read
ONE PERCENT BETTER Sharing small mental health & performance coaching insights to help you win each week -- all in 3 mins or less. Written By: Justin Carotti, LCSW, LADCLicensed TherapistPerformance Consultant for High Performers Rappelling, Teams, and Why Redundancy Is a High-Performer’s Secret In April of this year I had the privilege of joining my brother for a canyoneering adventure through some of Moab, Utah’s National Parks. As someone who was born and raised in New England, the...
3 months ago • 5 min read
ONE PERCENT BETTER Sharing small mental health & performance coaching insights to help you win each week -- all in 3 mins or less. Written By: Justin Carotti, LCSW, LADCLicensed TherapistPerformance Consultant for High Performers Purpose, Fear, and the 1,000-Word Exercise That Can Change Your Future I used to train at my local gym for two hours a day. I had ambitious goals, was driven by the competitive environment, and felt satisfied with the progress I’d make each day towards getting...
3 months ago • 5 min read
ONE PERCENT BETTER Sharing small mental health & performance coaching insights to help you win each week -- all in 3 mins or less. Written By: Justin Carotti, LCSW, LADCLicensed TherapistPerformance Consultant for High Performers Team OPB — we're 1 week away from something special dropping. Be on the lookout for special Black Friday edition 👀 Chefs, Systems, and a Recipe for High Performance I’ve always been inspired by witnessing great craftsmen in action. There’s something special about...
4 months ago • 6 min read
ONE PERCENT BETTER Sharing small mental health & performance coaching insights to help you win each week -- all in 3 mins or less. Written By: Justin Carotti, LCSW, LADCLicensed TherapistPerformance Consultant for High Performers Team OPB — I'm putting together something special for all of our OPB subscribers in celebration of 200+ subs. Stay tuned, dropping for the Thanksgiving holiday! Leading with Ambition, Reality Checks, and the 3 Questions That Change Everything An old boss of mine and...
4 months ago • 5 min read