How to Navigate the Dizzying Heights of Entrepreneurship
You don’t scale the world’s highest mountains without spending time in the Death Zone - when your body and mind physically break down on you, leading to weakness, bad decision-making, and often, failure.
Similarly, part of scaling an entrepreneurial venture is the Death Zone of Imposter Syndrome, a time of loneliness, anxiety, and similarly poor decision-making.
But while every mountaineer knows the Death Zone is part of the climb and prepares for that experience, entrepreneurs talk much more about success than struggle. The Entrepreneurial Industry (EI) is an echo chamber, where the voices of only the successful minority are amplified. The result is that entrepreneurs are uninformed and therefore unprepared for this struggle.
Entrepreneurship is a sacred calling, but the heroes of the journey need to be prepared for the tough road ahead. Resilience is about how to survive and keep going despite the challenges. Survivors become more resilient by preparing for the likelihood that things will go wrong, by prioritizing the important things to focus their energy on, and by adapting to changes quickly by letting go of expectations.
SCALE YOUR EVEREST is the guidebook for those entrepreneurs that want to build up their mental resilience—a road map that I desperately needed in my darkest moments—and a way for those who love and support entrepreneurs to experience a glimpse of what they’re going through.
This book will help entrepreneurs:
Be aware of Delusions of Grandeur and recognize the existence of the Death Zone of Imposter Syndrome that follows as they scale their venture.
Develop the ability to discern where they are in the entrepreneurial journey and learn to separate their identity from their business.
Understand the fact that the Death Zone is universal and the defining part of the entrepreneur's journey.
Identify the effects of the Death Zone. Entrepreneurs are often operating in a weakened state, coping with symptoms like addiction, sleeplessness, eating disorders, and broken relationships that impact their decision-making.
Manage those effects by practicing self-forgiveness, understanding the art of stillness, and making an effort to be truly present in the journey.
Help others - team members, peers, loved ones - build their own mental resilience as they share in the journey.
The obstacle really is the way. Understand how to harness the journey to get the most out of it and transform your life.
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