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How Founders Can Master Mental Resilience to Stay in the Game Long Enough to Win

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In May, mental health is top of mind with Mental Health Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Week , 13-19 May. I was more fearful, less creative, more reactive, and completely exhausted. I was proud of what my business accomplished, but I wasn’t proud of who I had become. Sounds luxurious, doesn’t it?

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EO Members Share 9 Unconventional Actions to Mitigate Stress (Part II)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Who better than our EO community to offer creative strategies for mitigating the adverse effects of stress? I created Dory as a unique stress-reduction strategy to help me understand and improve my mental state. Recognizing the toll on my health, I had to get creative. My strategy?

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Warrior strategies to help you thrive in 2021

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Tui is the cofounder and creative director at Koh Living. Be a creative and perceptive warrior. Using our creativity, we can navigate our way through the crisis. Now, imagine yourself as a creative warrior on a horse and work out which qualities you need to get yourself and your people through a crisis.

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8 Tips To Improve Your Healthy Living Strategy

Startup Grind

Healthy living strategy comes with a smart plan too, you just need to focus on your pain points. But, once again - healthy living strategy is something that we all should focus on. Plan, Plan, And Plan No matter how busy you’re or how tough your timetable is healthy living strategy should be your to-do list at least thrice a week.

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How Entrepreneurs Can Prevent Problems In Their Work-From-Home Strategy

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Pete is a mid-level manager in the software engineering unit of an entrepreneurial startup that quickly grew to 400 office-based employees doing electronic health records (EHRs). Doing so empowers everyone, even those who are confident that the plan will succeed, to tap their creativity in coming up with potential reasons for the failure.

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4 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Boost Their Mental Health

StartupNation

This is well-known to have a bundle of negative health consequences, including depression. If you’re ready to boost your mental health , here are four expert tips for developing equanimity and resilience against stress. All of this is wrong and can be dangerous to your health. Frequent breaks boost productivity.

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Capital crunch shines a light on the importance of founders’ mental health, investors say

TechCrunch

In 2019, a report showed that 72% of surveyed entrepreneurs self-reported mental health issues, according to Forbes. As this TechCrunch article points out, what drives the mental health epidemic among entrepreneurs is their propensity to accept risk. and global funds: chasing projections and trying to fit into inflated valuations.

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