Stop Beating Yourself Up
Jul 09, 2025•23 min•Season 5Ep. 181
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Episode description
Today, we'll help you stop beating yourself up so that you have the space to take the creative, strategic risks your startup needs to be successful. We'll go through the Eight Eccentricities of Startups - stuff you beat yourself up over but shouldn't - and three practices to help you navigate them. We also talk about baseball, goldfish, and Guy Raz.
00:30 Stop Beating Yourself Up
02:53 The Beating Yourself Up Equation
06:49 Smooth Jazz
07:04 The Reality of Baseball
09:18 The Eight Eccentricities of Startup Progress
17:16 Three Practices to Break the Beat Yourself Up Cycle
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