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Taking Care of Your Health While Running A Startup
Many business leaders nod along about how important physical and mental health are to successfully running a business but don’t really put it into practice. They find excuses about lacking the time or needing to deal with such-and-such extreme situation before they can think about prioritizing their health again, but the cycle repeats over and over
... See moreAlex MacCaw • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
Health and Well-Being Building a company will take a physical and mental toll. All the work you put toward your company will be for naught if it costs you your health. It is incredibly important that you focus on both your physical and mental health, and take active measures to improve them.
Alex MacCaw • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
“The ability to work through exhaustion can get founders from point A to point B, but it isn’t sustainable. Start on your self-care now,”
this exercise • Critical Startup Skills You May Be Overlooking
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Founders are striving to do something more innovative, uncertain, and psychologically demanding than most of us ever try to do—many with potentially large impacts on the world—and yet their distinct psychological needs have gone largely unstudied and unaddressed. And despite the many headlines signaling a “mental health crisis in startups,” with se... See more
Gena Gorlin • The Psychological Needs of the Extremely Ambitious
Britt Gage added
A CEO’s energy levels dictate those of the team. You should find time to take vacations and truly be offline—otherwise you will lose energy, burn out, and potentially give up. This means once a year you should take a real one- to two-week vacation, and every quarter you should take a three-day weekend. If you are working every day, I strongly sugge
... See moreElad Gil • High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups From 10 to 10,000 People
Schedule exercise and meditation on your calendar. Follow a bedtime routine. The more stable your health, the more stable your business will be.
Alex MacCaw • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
Nonetheless, as someone who was conditioned to always aim for the top, like many high achievers in the world of tech, I was having a hard time reconciling the limitations of my health with my professional ambitions... s o I created a framework to do so. It has three parts: Define your personal range of tolerancePick your career progressionPick your... See more
Andy Johns • How to know when to stop
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