Out of Office BE MORE LIKE A LION

DAVID WACHS COMES across as pretty easygoing, but the 45-year-old founder of Phoenix-based robotics company Hand wrytten hasn’t always been so chill.

Despite his success as a five-time Inc. 5000 honoree, Wachs pictured above) says he’s struggled with managing stress and operating in a reactive state.”

To address that issue, resolve past trauma, and even become a better leader, he’s turned to an unusual method: hypnosis. And he swears it’s changed his life. I’m not a hippie,” he says. I’m a software programmer. But, holy crap, this stuff actually works.”