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Stressing, Distressing, and the Feedback Loop as a Startup (#005)
It seems natural to humans to thrive in stressful situations as if they were necessary, so we can also experience the opposite end of that spectrum. Just like the wheel, starting a business brings ups and downs, which fuel the desire to keep moving forward.
Entrepreneurship is a roller coaster ride of trying something new. No matter how small the wins are, starting out on this journey will cause you to doubt your abilities. It's usually because you don't have feedback. It feels like you're running after something that has no purpose. Join Sean and James as they talk about the ups and download of starting up and dealing with the lack of feedback.
Key Takeaways:- Humans sometimes deliberately stress about something as a way to experience life's ups and downs. Struggles seem natural to humans. Learning and progressing from challenge to challenge is essential after overcoming the current one.
- Asking for feedback is important. It helps you re-calibrate, remind yourself of your purpose, and monitor your progress toward your goal.
Why do humans gravitate towards stress and struggles?
[05:54:00] As humans, we naturally need to have some type of stress in our life in order to experience the opposite end of that spectrum, which is not being stressed out. Which is enjoying something. Or, if you can even call it happiness, you need the opposite end. You need the ups and downs of life to be able to feel both the ups and the downs.
Thoughts on purposely stressing about something as a form of distraction
[00:07:55] James: Difficulties will always be there. So, your body naturally is going to stress out about some type of difficulty. Something that is going to bother you or challenge you or make you upset, and you’re going to have energy that goes in that direction. If you can expand your challenge or the things that you're learning, or the things that you want to, be curious about, or investigate, that expands the difficulties struggles to that level. And the smaller things tend to disappear.
Thoughts on Procrastination and Moving Forward
[00:15:13] Sean: Sometimes procrastination is good, right? When something feels too monumental emotionally, the task at hand is to get over it. You have to break it down into smaller chunks and if you've chunked it, and you still find yourself procrastinating, then that just means you haven't broken it down small enough to take action.
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It seems natural to humans to thrive in stressful situations as if they were necessary, so we can also experience the opposite end of that spectrum. Just like the wheel, starting a business brings ups and downs, which fuel the desire to keep moving forward.
Entrepreneurship is a roller coaster ride of trying something new. No matter how small the wins are, starting out on this journey will cause you to doubt your abilities. It's usually because you don't have feedback. It feels like you're running after something that has no purpose. Join Sean and James as they talk about the ups and download of starting up and dealing with the lack of feedback.
Key Takeaways:- Humans sometimes deliberately stress about something as a way to experience life's ups and downs. Struggles seem natural to humans. Learning and progressing from challenge to challenge is essential after overcoming the current one.
- Asking for feedback is important. It helps you re-calibrate, remind yourself of your purpose, and monitor your progress toward your goal.
Why do humans gravitate towards stress and struggles?
[05:54:00] As humans, we naturally need to have some type of stress in our life in order to experience the opposite end of that spectrum, which is not being stressed out. Which is enjoying something. Or, if you can even call it happiness, you need the opposite end. You need the ups and downs of life to be able to feel both the ups and the downs.
Thoughts on purposely stressing about something as a form of distraction
[00:07:55] James: Difficulties will always be there. So, your body naturally is going to stress out about some type of difficulty. Something that is going to bother you or challenge you or make you upset, and you’re going to have energy that goes in that direction. If you can expand your challenge or the things that you're learning, or the things that you want to, be curious about, or investigate, that expands the difficulties struggles to that level. And the smaller things tend to disappear.
Thoughts on Procrastination and Moving Forward
[00:15:13] Sean: Sometimes procrastination is good, right? When something feels too monumental emotionally, the task at hand is to get over it. You have to break it down into smaller chunks and if you've chunked it, and you still find yourself procrastinating, then that just means you haven't broken it down small enough to take action.