This is the final episode of the mental fitness podcast for entrepreneurs. Protecting your mental health means saying no to some projects and at times, cancelling or pausing them. I was glad to take part in this project as it's reached many people and help them in their journeys. In this episode, I talk about my reasons of finishing this project as well as some tips on when and how to change gears. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to kn...
Feb 22, 2021•15 min
What works best for me: 1. Manage my creative and productive energy rather than time (Know how much this is for you by measuring) 2. Appreciate that you are a system with needs, Just like physiological needs, you have mental and emotional needs. Just because you are in charge of this system, you don't get to set all the rules of how it works. 3. The Two Mindsets - The night Ozan, The day Ozan. 4. Understand what dopamine is and how it works. - remind yourself of the reward - make the reward visi...
Nov 19, 2020•19 min
A spontaneous conversation with Daryl where we swap stories and ideas about the biggest fears entrepreneurs have. A few insightful gems here. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimize our productivity, motivation, and optimism by learning about the human mind through psychology, neuroscience, and human behavior. I am your ho...
Nov 14, 2020•15 min
(From the book Startups Grow With People: How to Pick Partners, Recruit the Top Talent and Build a Company Culture) *A good partner has the life-design that fits being in a startup (can spare the time, energy, focus, and finances required) *A good partner shares the problem (sees the world in the same unique way) *A good partner has a depth of knowledge on at least one topic related to the startup (you find yourself learning new things in each encounter) *A good partner values good execution ove...
Nov 10, 2020•20 min
Understand Systems Thinking: Your body and mind are a system, it has inputs and outputs and it manages resources. Optimise for it. The natural world - seeing it as an endless resource - depleted fossil fuels, environmental disaster. Your body will deplete, the cost will be disastrous (in ways you may not guess). Physical - early age death, stress-related illnesses, muscle, spinal and neural systems damage, etc... Psychological - anxiety, fear, higher overall BP and HR, (the silent killer) leadin...
Nov 06, 2020•20 min
Why is it OK to fail? What is the narrative you tell yourself to be OK with failure? In a corporate context vs failing in a game. Freedom to use these words. When is it OK to make a mistake vs failing? (Jeff Bezos' example - warehouse blueprint) Conclusion: Make it OK to fail. Don't fail so bad that you will run out of lives to play again. Yes, you learn from mistakes, but you also learn from successes. That's why vicarious learning is huge. Learn from people who have similar stakes to you. Look...
Nov 02, 2020•20 min
A conversation with Daryl about how stress changes the thinking process of the entrepreneur and may lead to a vicious loop of bad decisions. How do we break free from what we have dubbed the Business Panic Attack and stay on top of things. 4 strong tactics that we have personally used and now that they work. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against str...
Oct 29, 2020•31 min
1. Do they keep their small promises 2. Do they listen or talk and listen less 3. How are they in other areas of life, in traffic, in a restaurant, while talking to others, etc. 4. [Most importantly] what is their core driving motivation in life? What are they after? Money, pleasure, power, status... - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and ...
Oct 25, 2020•13 min
Feeling like an imposter versus having imposter syndrome. The feeling is a result of the contrast you observe between what you experience internally versus how others perceive you. Why entrepreneurs are particularly vulnerable. Three suggestions to deal with this feeling well. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimize our pr...
Oct 21, 2020•18 min
According to the University of San Francisco researcher Micheal A. Freeman who focused on entrepreneurs and mental health, 49% of entrepreneurs suffer from a mental health condition at least once. Another clinical practicioner DR. Hokemeyer's experience is that the rate of people who struggle with personality and other disorders is closer to 80% in the entrepreneurial community. I share my own experience and suggest a few ways to design your own mental composition. - Welcome to the Mental Fitnes...
Oct 17, 2020•14 min
The Biggest Personality Qualities of Successful Entrepreneurs 2. Rapid Learning 3. Building Partnerships 4. Enjoying The Struggle 5. Balancing the Focus over Long and Short Term - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimize our productivity, motivation, and optimism by learning about the human mind through psychology, neuroscien...
Oct 14, 2020•18 min
How you deal with what you don't know is 50% of the battle. Can you make the right decisions even when you don't know all the answers? Can you manage your emotional world against your not knowing? - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimize our productivity, motivation, and optimism by learning about the human mind through psy...
Oct 06, 2020•13 min
22. episodes of Mental Fitness Podcast's guest is Natsune. She is from Japan and shared with us a story of moving from Japan to the USA. This episode's guest is Natsune. Here is what I asked her. 1. The background story (Life and growing in Japan) Can you talk about life, values, business, gender, culture, business norms in Japan? 2. How and why you made the decision to move to the States? 3. What are some examples of the mental obstacles that you ran into after you moved? 4. What was the most d...
Sep 25, 2020•43 min
You made your startup your entire identity. You neglected friends, family, social life, hobbies, physical health. You compared yourself to rockstar CEOs (which are PR anyways) You thought you could get by with 5 hours of sleep. You thought this was a one-round fight. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimize our productivity...
Sep 21, 2020•14 min
An interesting study done by Sonja Lyubomirsky - social comparison constitutes a big chunk of our happiness. Today's reality bombards us with people who are richer, more successful, more popular, faster, better, more beautiful than us at every turn. The reflex is to compare but it is a dangerous game. We actually compare it in two directions. Upward comparison. Downward comparison. One makes us feel good in the short term but unproductive. The other might be productive but can also be tough to h...
Aug 15, 2020•14 min
What is YOUR "something bigger"? It is not bad to serve your own needs. But when it is the only thing you serve, you start losing control. Dream big, it is OK. What is the version of yourself that has the biggest positive impact on the world? What plans does that person have that you don't? - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; o...
Aug 10, 2020•11 min
You might be an entrepreneur in a modern and technological world, but your brain and biology belong to a more ancient era. We are wired to recognize false positives rather than false negatives. Survival. Because of this, your brain will constantly remind you about the things that can and do go wrong. Your brain is your best friend but also your worst enemy. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. ...
Aug 05, 2020•11 min
Life is not chess, but maybe its more like poker. There is a good deal of chance involved in how much success, wealth and influence you acquire. Because of that, all decisions are bets in some way. Which means, you will want to keep betting and protect your right to stay within the game. Sometimes, you feel you have to go all-in. When is it the right time to do so? How would you decide? - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the...
Jul 30, 2020•13 min
Ignore advice that is not a good fit for your temporal and geographical context. We imagine in images. Make sure the images you have about your future are well thought out and the manifestation of who you are. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimize our productivity, motivation, and optimism by learning about the human min...
Jul 27, 2020•9 min
Here is a mental exercise to make sure you are not punishing yourself but pushing yourself in the right direction. As an entrepreneur, you have to push yourself. But you have to push yourself in the right direction and that can very quickly turn into punishing yourself by working too hard. There is no relation between how difficult you make a life for yourself and how successful you are. Feeling you are working really hard, can be your assurance that you are doing everything you can, while that ...
Jul 24, 2020•14 min
The mind of the entrepreneur can easily wander off to negative thoughts. This is a natural part of learning from mistakes and being so open to failure. However, dealing with failure and unresolved problems actually sap your energy. This is why you have to celebrate your wins and successes, here is a quick exercise for you to get started. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to incre...
Jul 20, 2020•13 min
When should you trust your intuition and when should you ignore it? There is actually a very clear test you can self-administer whether to trust your intuition or not. This episode is about that. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimise our productivity, motivation and optimism by learning about the human mind through psych...
Jul 17, 2020•10 min
This episode is about risk, learning and the challenges of the entrepreneur. Risk is like salt, too little means you wouldn't be able to survive, too much would kill you. But how can you calculate how much risk is the moderate amount? - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimise our productivity, motivation and optimism by lear...
Jul 14, 2020•16 min
2nd part of our conversation with James, Ed, and Nick who are building a community of people mindful of mental health and well-being. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimise our productivity, motivation and optimism by learning about the human mind through psychology, neuroscience and human behaviour. I am your host Ozan. ...
Jul 11, 2020•31 min
I am joined by three guests from the team that is building the Doolally App. Each founder experienced the challenges of mental well-being in their own unique ways and emerged with a renewed understanding of how important looking after our mind is. James, Ed, and Nick all has unique insights into how we can be more resilient. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resil...
Jul 07, 2020•29 min
There is no way to "cancel" your emotions. Emotions are central to the way your brain functions and is embedded even more deeply than thought. The only real way to manage your emotions is to know them and understand them well. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimise our productivity, motivation and optimism by learning abo...
Jul 04, 2020•20 min
Entrepreneurs need to believe 110% that what they are working on will be successful. At the same time, they recognise that it may fail, and they may need to start again. This is the dilemma of the entrepreneur. Go all in every time and don't burn yourself out. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimise our productivity, motiv...
Jul 01, 2020•10 min
Staying in the moment is great, but you have to plan the future. How do you reach a balance? Thinking about the future is a trait that helps us survive and thrive, but it comes at the cost of uneasiness or stress that is experienced at the moment. There is indeed a way to help these two co-exist. Listen to the episode for the moving train analogy and more. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. O...
Jun 29, 2020•14 min
In our tour of the Gym for the Mind, our fifth and the last stop is the endurance section. Here we will discover the analogy of endurance training to that of improving Psychological Resilience and talk about core ideas to help you train. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimise our productivity, motivation and optimism by l...
Jun 26, 2020•15 min
In our tour of the Gym for the Mind, our fourth stop is the Strength section. Here we will discover the analogy of strength training to that of improving Problem Solving & Critical Thinking and talk about core ideas to help you train. - Welcome to the Mental Fitness Podcast. Today's entrepreneurs are mental athletes that have to know about the mind and how to keep it fit. Our goal is to increase our resilience against stress and anxiety; optimise our productivity, motivation and optimism by ...
Jun 23, 2020•20 min
