It starts with what you want
I'll help you figure out what that is.
But Something Keeps Getting in the Way.
That frustration you keep running into? Most people think they need more motivation, more confidence, or more discipline. What they actually need is to face the thing they keep putting off.
avoidance creates friction.
Slow decisions, strained relationships, and the same problems showing up in different forms. Everything gets harder than it needs to be and nobody can figure out why.
Unresolved avoidance costs U.S. organizations over $359 billion a year in lost productivity alone.
I’m Don Rauzelle
After nearly 20 years inside companies like Adobe, Google, and Electronic Arts, I help people face what they’ve been avoiding and build a life they can respect.
Once you acknowledge what’s not working, you can begin doing something about it.
Build your scorecard
Name what you’re doing, what matters, and what winning actually looks like. Identify your vision, priorities, and results. Start building on purpose instead of by default.
COACHING
Have an Unresolved Personal Dilemma?
- Career Shift
- Identity Reinvention
- Divorce
According to a 10-year Lingitudinal study published by the National Library of Medicine, unresolved avoidance coping shows up as:
- Chronic Stress
- Decision Paralysis
- Poor Health
- Poor Performance
Start with a Dilemma Diagnosis
- 50-Minute Call
- Clarify your dilemma
- Identify what's blocking progress
- Define your next best step
SPEAKING
Bring me in
I speak about frustration, avoidance, and the friction people create when they keep living around what needs attention. Your team gets a better way to have the conversations they’ve been putting off.
Ideal for for L&D planners, industry associations, and education leaders.
ABOUT
How I got here
I spent most of my life treating emotions like a liability. I managed them, minimized them and ignored them while building a career and a life by sheer force of will. Which worked, until it didn’t.
When I finally stopped long enough to look at what went wrong, the answer was simple: the only thing I’d never dealt with honestly was how I felt about any of it.
Now I help other people do the same while working globally, traveling full-time, and doing work I deeply care about.
If something in your life needs attention, you already know what it is.
––Don 🎤
Bio:
Don Rauzelle helps people face what they’ve been avoiding. He works globally as a speaker and educator helping individuals and teams recognize what frustration is pointing to, ask better questions, and start the conversations that usually get avoided before friction turns into conflict, delay, and disengagement.
For nearly two decades, Don has worked at the intersection of organizational life, human behavior, and performance. At the center of his work is the Curiosity Model, an approach that uses curiosity to improve interpretation, communication, and decision-making.