The User Manual for Founder Psychology
Content that helps founders scale.
Guilt and Burnout
The function that guilt serves is that it's an elastic. It *snaps* us back into line.
A Red Flag Worth Listening to in the Trough of Sorrow
A subtle inflection point worth listening to and learning from.
Anxiety: A Functional Analysis
Realizing that anxiety serves a helpful function helps founders change their relationship to it in the moment.
Resentment
Resentment speaks to an imbalance in the relationship that you're ultimately responsible for - and capable of - solving.
Confidence
'Self trust' is a synonym for confidence. Rebuilding it doesn’t require you to take the 'right' action, and it doesn't require you to believe in yourself either. All it takes is for you to make - and keep - small promises to yourself, over and over again.
Motivation
Motivation is your personal source of energy - the emotional engine that drives your ambition into reality.
Two Emotional Failure Modes: Reactivity and Paralysis
Founders commonly believe their emotions are a problem because they get habitually stuck in one of two emotional failure modes: reactivity or paralysis. Learn how to overcome both.
How to Process Your Emotions
Start processing your emotionns in 4 easy steps using this simple exercise adapted from Tara Brach's work.
Processing Your Emotions is a Competitive Advantage
Every startup founder feels a huge volume of emotions. Learning to process your emotions - relating to them as data and incorporating them into your workflow - is a competitive advantage.