Here is a mental exercise to make sure you are not punishing yourself but pushing yourself in the right direction. As an entrepreneur, you have to push yourself. But you have to push yourself in the right direction and that can very quickly turn into punishing yourself by working too hard. There is no relation between how difficult you make a life for yourself and how successful you are. Feeling you are working really hard, can be your assurance that you are doing everything you can, while that might not be the case. The right amount of stress is good, and that amount is contextual.
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Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast.
Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimize our productivity, motivation, and optimism by learning about the human mind through psychology, neuroscience, and human behavior.
I am your host Ozan. I am a founder who has experienced the challenges of launching and growing a business and a keen student of human behavior over the last 15 years. I will share with you what I know and learn.
Hundreds of impactful behavior-changing ideas are waiting to be discovered.
Let's begin now.
Here is a mental exercise to make sure you are not punishing yourself but pushing yourself in the right direction. As an entrepreneur, you have to push yourself. But you have to push yourself in the right direction and that can very quickly turn into punishing yourself by working too hard. There is no relation between how difficult you make a life for yourself and how successful you are. Feeling you are working really hard, can be your assurance that you are doing everything you can, while that might not be the case. The right amount of stress is good, and that amount is contextual.
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Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast.
Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimize our productivity, motivation, and optimism by learning about the human mind through psychology, neuroscience, and human behavior.
I am your host Ozan. I am a founder who has experienced the challenges of launching and growing a business and a keen student of human behavior over the last 15 years. I will share with you what I know and learn.
Hundreds of impactful behavior-changing ideas are waiting to be discovered.
Let's begin now.
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