E10: Achieving Mental and Emotional Resilience as a Business Owner

July 10, 2019

Entrepreneurship is grueling and emotionally taxing. In this episode we discuss ways to become more resilient in the face of adversity.

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Business language learning (passionate about product but what are the actual nuts and bolts).
Under prepared for the stress associated with being an entrepreneur
Associating personal identity with work or product (taking business decisions personally)
Trying to do it all themselves

What is your WHY and anchoring efforts to that? (why is what you’re doing so important to you; emotional experience
Stress is just stress; not inherently good or bad, its a cue/trigger that causes you to act
Shift from results focused to process oriented (allows work not to be tied to a result, which is could be beyond your control and places value on the effort to deliver a great product or company.
Pre-Mortem or Goal Sparring (planning for the worst case scenarios and developing a plan around those possible outcomes; acknowledging that there is a potential negative outcome; its not the boogie man and hope isn’t a plan)
Breathe (specifically breathing routine)
Replace Positive with Effective
YES and...using improv comedy to help you maintain positive and creative.

Break the Negativity Loop or Downward Spiral (interrupt negative loop after an experience)
Creative/Challenging Outlet (GRIT research on extracurriculars)
Reading/Listening
Journaling
Physical & Mental Health (Take care of your being)