Episode 352: TMBA352: Symptoms: Sleeplessness, Loneliness, Stress. Possible Diagnosis: Entrepreneurship

Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle

Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen

Digital Nomad, Business, Ecommerce, Society & Culture, Amazon, Founders, Cash Flow, Places & Travel, Founder, Business Owner, Cashflow, Management, Entrepreneurship, Million, Operator, Operations, Profits, Distributed Team

4.9 • 527 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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http://www.tropicalmba.com/dccommunity/ Starting a business can be extremely emotionally difficult. Dan and Ian are very familiar with the personal toll that the process can take on an aspiring entrepreneur.

A lot of times starting a business means that you are broke, or relying on your friends, family or significant other to support you. For some, that can lead to stress and even depression. Christopher Sutton knows these feelings all too well. A few years ago, Christopher wrote a blog post about what it was like to experience the emotional roller coaster of starting his own business, Easy Ear Training.

On this week's episode, you will hear Christopher talk about what that experience was like, as well has how he found support through this podcast and our community of listeners in the Dynamite Circle.

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0:00.0	Looking back, I just see it as a very limited life.
0:03.4	Like, I don't know that I would have got to know myself.
0:05.4	I don't know that I really would have challenged myself that much.
0:08.4	It kind of makes me sad to think of that possibility
0:10.5	because of how much I've discovered I'm capable of
0:13.2	through being forced to by starting a business.
0:19.2	Hey, podcast, listener.
0:20.3	Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better, more profitable, location independent businesses.
0:32.7	If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, check out tropical MBA.com.
0:48.4	Starting a business can be extremely emotionally difficult.
0:52.8	Maybe something we don't talk about enough on this show is the personal
0:56.2	challenges that you got to go through to do this stuff. I don't think it's any surprise that when you
1:00.8	get into business, you often get into self-development and personal development. At the same time,
1:05.6	they can be one and the same. A lot of times when you start a new business, you're going to be broke.
1:10.2	You're going to not
1:11.1	know where the next paycheck's coming from. You might be living with your family, your childhood
1:15.9	bedroom, or living with a roommate, or depending on a spouse or a significant other, to pay
1:21.0	the bills on one income. And all this can lead to a lot of stress. It can be all-consuming,
1:27.1	disillusioning, and it can even
1:28.6	lead to depression for some. This week's guest struggle with that, and also confronting the
1:33.6	transformation it just takes to become an entrepreneur. You have to think differently. His name is
1:38.3	Christopher Sutton, and a few years ago, he wrote a blog post on his site, sonictruths.net, titled, Surely you will be saved one day.
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