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Dr. Benjamin Ritter

Executive Coach, Founder at Live for Yourself (LFY) Consulting

Austin, Texas, United States, United States

Dr. Benjamin Ritter (EdD, MBA, MPH, ICF PCC) is an Austin-based executive coach, keynote speaker, and author specializing in self-leadership and the internal capacity required for high-stakes roles.

He is the founder of Live for Yourself Consulting, an executive coaching and leadership development firm that works with CEOs, founders, PE and VC-backed executives, and next-generation family business leaders. His coaching has supported leaders at organizations including Amazon, Google, DoorDash, Mayo Clinic, Pinterest, Coursera, Northwestern, and the CDC.

Dr. Ritter is the author of Becoming Fearless, the founder of the Becoming self-leadership app, and the host of two podcasts: The Executive and Live Fearlessly. His coaching framework integrates doctoral-level applied learning theory with leadership development research, organized around the practice of self-leadership: the internal work of leading yourself before leading others.

His thesis is straightforward. Sustainable performance, fulfillment, and impact begin with the leader's relationship to themselves. Becoming Fearless is the philosophy. Becoming is the practice.

Available For: Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Austin, Texas
Speaking Topics: Executive Presence, Self-Leadership, Fearless Leadership

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Author 9
Influencer 0
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Entrepreneur 20
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Company Type: Individual
Minimum Project Size: $10,000+
Average Hourly Rate: $300+
Number of Employees: 1-10
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed

Areas of Expertise

Behavioral Science 30.67
Careers 33.95
Coaching 32.09
Culture 30.03
Leadership 30.31
Mental Health 30.09
Personal Branding 30.21
Product Management 30.28
Recruiting 30.28

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9 Author Newsletters
You don't have a networking problem. You have a relationship problem.
Linkedin
May 12, 2026
You reach out when you need something. A referral. An intro. A warm lead before a job search you've been quietly planning for six months. You write the message. You hit send. And somewhere in the back of your head, you already know how it reads on the other side

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Personal Branding

Executive coaching for next-generation family business leaders: What to expect
Linkedin
April 11, 2026
There is a specific kind of pressure that exists in family business succession that has no equivalent anywhere else in leadership.

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Tags: Careers, Coaching, Leadership

Your Network Is Your First Move. Use It.
Linkedin
April 07, 2026
You don't have to start from zero

Most people trying to build something, a business, a product, a career move, assume they need to start from scratch. New audience. New platform. New followers. Earn every inch from nothing.

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Tags: Careers, Personal Branding

The Senior Job Search Is Broken. Here's What I Built to Fix It.
Linkedin
March 24, 2026
You apply. You wait. Nothing comes back.

At the senior level, the traditional job search doesn't work. Applications disappear into ATS systems. Recruiters don't respond. The roles worth having are rarely posted publicly. The leaders I coach aren't struggling to find job boards — they're struggling to get in front of the right people.

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Tags: Careers, Product Management, Recruiting

It's OK to Be Angry
Linkedin
February 19, 2026
The Lie We've Been Told
Somewhere along the way, we were taught that anger is weakness.

That professionals stay calm. That leaders don't raise their voice. That the right thing to do when something bothers you is to swallow it, smile, and move on.

We were taught wrong.

We've built entire careers around suppressing the one emotion that actually tells us the truth, that something isn't right, and it needs to change.

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Tags: Behavioral Science, Careers, Coaching

Stop Trying to Fix What’s Draining You
Linkedin
February 09, 2026
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Let’s rewrite that. If it is broke, stop trying to fix it.

I work with leaders every day who are bleeding energy into people and situations that are clearly going nowhere.

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Tags: Careers, Coaching, Mental Health

Everything Is Connected
Linkedin
January 19, 2026
You're Missing the Point. Everything Is Connected.
In athletics, I learned a brutal, simple truth: everything is connected.

I wanted to be the best. But I couldn’t train 24/7. So I started looking at what else I could control.

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Tags: Behavioral Science, Coaching, Culture

Before You Plan the New Year, Sit With This
Linkedin
December 28, 2025
As the year winds down, there’s a lot of noise about how you’re supposed to reflect.

Summarize the year. Set goals. Optimize for what’s next.

I didn’t feel like doing that.

Instead, I’ve been sitting with a different kind of reflection. Quieter. Less performative. More honest and inward. The kind that doesn’t try to fix anything (yet), but actually notices what’s been true.

Here are a few questions I’ve been spending time with. Sharing them in case they’re useful to you too.

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Tags: Careers, Coaching

You Aren't Bored Enough Yet
Linkedin
December 16, 2025
You know that moment of discomfort you felt yesterday?

The one where you thought, "I need to change something."

How long did it last?

Thirty seconds? A minute? Just long enough for your phone to buzz, for someone to Slack you, for the next meeting to start?

And just like that, it was gone.

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Tags: Behavioral Science, Coaching

1 Founder
Executive, Leadership Coach & Career Coach
Live for Yourself Consulting
June 01, 2018
I founded Live for Yourself Consulting to help CEOs, founders, and next-generation leaders strengthen self-leadership and perform at the level their roles truly require.

My coaching focuses on:

• year-long executive leadership partnerships
• leadership identity and executive presence
• high-stakes leadership transitions
• structured executive career acceleration

I have coached 500+ leaders across healthcare, technology, finance, manufacturing, life sciences, government, and private equity, including executives from: Amazon, BCBS, CDC, Google, DoorDash, Mayo Clinic

My proprietary frameworks, The LIVE System and The Three C’s of Self-Leadership, combine leadership development, behavioral psychology, and decision strategy to help leaders elevate how they think, decide, and lead.

Tools I've built for senior leaders:

Fearless Job Search — AI-powered job search for Directors, VPs, and C-Suite. Finds the roles, surfaces the decision-makers, writes your outreach.
→ fearlessjobsearch.com

Becoming — self-leadership app for leaders who want to do the work between sessions or on their own.
→ usebecoming.app

If you are carrying more responsibility than expected and want a confidential place to think clearly about how to lead it, feel free to reach out.

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Tags: Careers, Coaching, Leadership

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