This is a presentation given to a group of entrepreneurs, students, and Hope College faculty members at an event sponsored by our economic development group - Lakeshore Advantage. It is designed to boil down a program on developing resilience in our soldiers into an approach entrepreneurs can use to prepare for / survive / and thrive through a difficult launch.

1. Developing Personal Resilience
As Part of Your Entrepreneurial
Success Plan

2. STARTUP: It Might Kill You
3 Strategies to Help it Kill You
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3. Scott Patchin – www.thetrUgroup.com
• Launched September 2009 (via FastTrac)
• My elevator speech: I fix organizations that are
concerned about having the right people in the right
roles to grow their business and/or culture.
• People (Executive / Individual / Team Coaching)
• Process (Consulting around Talent Systems / Change)
@trugroupscott

4. Today is about . . . .
Start-Up requires YOU at Your Best - Resilience
is about redefining our best as we live
into/through start-up
 Define it
 Build it
 Action - Commit to something

5. 3 Most Stressful Life Events
1. Death
2. Divorce
3. Job Loss
#? Starting up a company

6. Resilience is . . .
An ability to recover or
adjust easily to
misfortune or change.
Mayo Clinic

7. Resilience – Military Program
• Assessment
• Learning
• Building mental toughness
• Building on strengths
• Building strong relationships

8. Resilience – Foundation
1. Know Yourself
2. Learn / Live / Listen = Wisdom
3. Friends

9. 1. Know Yourself
• 2 GIFTS/TALENTS you possess
• 1 Activity for you that CREATES ENERGY
• 1 Area where you would NEED HELP

10. 1. Know Yourself
What Demotivates Me?
My Realities

11. 2. Learn / Live / Listen = Wisdom
Ignorance | Mastery | Vanity

12. 3. Friends
3–1
5-1
Smoker
3 Loner

13. Resilience Formula
HOPE > Fear + Anger + Despair + Frustration + Worry +
Hunger + Mistrust + ___________

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