By Edward Sullivan, John Baird — 2021
Founders too often ignore the mental toll the pressure to succeed takes—and that hurts companies. Here are three ways to foster a culture of emotional wellness.
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Adults with disabilities report experiencing frequent mental distress almost 5 times as often as adults without disabilities.
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Here are the five key findings that sum up the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur.
Studies show that one of the leading causes for stress among entrepreneurs comes from having to deal with expectations.
If your business plan doesn’t include dealing with stress, you must not realize what you’re getting yourself into.
Taking care of your mental health is the most important thing you can do for your business in the long run, so make it a priority.
We can look at entrepreneurship in one of two ways: as the ultimate self-employment paradise, where you are truly the master of your own destiny, or as an endless source of stress, sleeplessness and anxiety.
No one said building a company is easy. But it’s time to be honest about how brutal it really is—and the price so many founders secretly pay.
Just as cancer affects your physical health, it can bring up a wide range of feelings you’re not used to dealing with. It can also make existing feelings seem more intense. They may change daily, hourly, or even minute to minute.
Our tendency to work too much is neither arbitrary nor sinister: it’s a side effect of the haphazard nature in which we allow our efforts to unfold.
The pandemic has stripped our emotional reserves even further, laying bare our unique physical, social, and emotional vulnerabilities.