The document discusses the psychology of entrepreneurship, emphasizing resilience, diversity, and passion as key components. It addresses challenges such as anxiety and depression that entrepreneurs may face, and provides tools for self-awareness and managing these issues. Additionally, it outlines opportunities for further engagement, including workshops and office hours.

1. Psychology
&
Entrepreneurs
hip
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2. OUTLINE
• Introduction
• Reflections
• Silent Suffering
• Tools
• The Sequence to Action
• Q&A
• Further Opportunities
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3. INTRODUCTION
• Immigration = resilience
• Education = perception?
• Diversity = exposure/experience
• Passion = purpose/the “why”
• Three prongs of Psychology of Entrepreneurship
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4. INTRODUCTION –
cont’d
• 1st time entrepreneurs?
• Repeat entrepreneurs?
• “Successful” entrepreneurs?
• “Failed” entrepreneurs?
• Think entrepreneurship is easy?
• Feel entrepreneurship is the only option for
you?
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5. REFLECTIO
NS
• What work have you done to understand WHY
you want to be an entrepreneur?
• What is your “reality assessment” of what it
takes to be an entrepreneur?
• What’s your opportunity cost of being an
entrepreneur?
• What’s your story? (your version of the truth
you’re reacting to)
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6. SILENT SUFFERING
• Anxiety?
• Depression?
• Negative sense of self?
• Rejection?
• Shame?
• Guilt?
• Anger?
But who can you tell? So how can you stop it?
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7. TOOLS
• How you focus your attention changes the
structure of your brain **
• Truths and fears
• Self awareness (journaling, meditation, breathe
work
• Identifying your associations (ex: rejection in
pitch, pitch = rejection)
• Free association writing
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8. SEQUENCE TO
ACTION
MIND – THOUGHT – FEELING –
ACTION
But who controls your mind?
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9. Q&A
QUESTIONS?
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10. FURTHER
OPPORTUNITIES
• Office Hours – 2nd Friday of the
month, 1-3pm
• Workshop 11/1
• Potential Class?
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