12. The “Perfect” Recipe for Stress
High risk of failure
Constant ups and downs
Impression management
13. The Dangers of Going Too Far
Hopelessness
Worthlessness
Loss of motivation
14. “We idolize the Mark 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
16. Lower Attention Span
Bad Decision Making
Analytical Skills Suffer
Energy Level Dips
Creativity Plummets
Learning Decreases
Memory Worsens
Word Finding Decreases
Perception Is Skewed
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)
Scientific explanation, addiction
Financial
Emotional
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.
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
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
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.
You think with your body
Cognitive abilities
Sensitivity – overreaction
Mind and body not separate
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.
You think with your body
Cognitive abilities
Sensitivity – overreaction