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Stress, Startups and Survival
The document discusses the intense stress faced by entrepreneurs in startups, emphasizing that while some stress can be beneficial, it can also lead to feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness. It highlights the physical effects of stress, such as decreased creativity and poor decision-making, and offers strategies for managing stress, including mindfulness and self-care. The document concludes with a note on the struggles that even successful entrepreneurs faced before achieving their success.
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- 2. Entrepreneurship can make orbreak you.
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- 5. “They tell youwhat doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger. What they forget to tell you is that it almost fucking kills you.” - Conan O’Brien
- 7. Not all stressis bad!
- 9. Startup Stress Is DifferentFrom “Normal” Stress
- 12. The “Perfect” Recipefor Stress High risk of failure Constant ups and downs Impression management
- 13. The Dangers ofGoing Too Far Hopelessness Worthlessness Loss of motivation
- 14. “We idolize theMark Zuckerbergs and the Elon Musks... But, before they made it big, they struggled through moments of near-debilitating anxiety and despair—times when it seemed everything might crumble.” – Jessica Bruder, Inc.com Source: Inc.com
- 15. The Physical Effects ofStress
- 16. Lower Attention Span BadDecision Making Analytical Skills Suffer Energy Level Dips Creativity Plummets Learning Decreases Memory Worsens Word Finding Decreases Perception Is Skewed
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Editor's Notes
- #6 Scientific explanation, addiction
- #7 Meet Olga 95 years old track star in Vancouver Sustains and nourishes health Still setting records to this day Went through hardship (key to toughening her up, made her stronger)
- #8 Scientific explanation, addiction
- #10 Financial Emotional
- #11 When you encounter a stressful situation, your body secretes a hormone called cortisol. Cortisol is responsible for the “fight or flight” response. While this comes in handy when we’re being chased by a bear, cortisol isn’t meant to be flowing at a consistently high level from your MVP through to your Series A and beyond.
- #13 3 of 4 venture backed startups fail Pando daily quote “fun” We’re killing it!
- #14 In trying to push through the ups and downs, the end result is a highly obsessed person whose entire identity and well-being is defined by the health of their startup. Net worth and
- #15 Successful entrepreneurs achieve hero status in our culture. And we celebrate the blazingly fast growth of the Inc. 500 companies. But many of those entrepreneurs … harbor secret demons: Before they made it big, they struggled through moments of near-debilitating anxiety and despair—times when it seemed everything might crumble. – Inc.com Jessica Bruder http://www.inc.com/magazine/201309/jessica-bruder/psychological-price-of-entrepreneurship.html
- #16 In trying to push through the ups and downs, the end result is a highly obsessed person whose entire identity and well-being is defined by the health of their startup.
- #17 You think with your body Cognitive abilities Sensitivity – overreaction
- #18 Mind and body not separate
- #19 In trying to push through the ups and downs, the end result is a highly obsessed person whose entire identity and well-being is defined by the health of their startup.
- #26 You think with your body Cognitive abilities Sensitivity – overreaction