Feeling discouraged as a new entrepreneur?

How to stay motivated through the toughest challenges

It’s 3 a.m. and you’re staring at the ceiling, your mind racing with worries about making payroll, that huge client you lost, and whether you made the right choice leaving your cushy corporate job.

Self-doubt, burnout, and the perpetual hustle — being an entrepreneur is a rollercoaster that constantly tests your motivation and resilience.

The Harsh Truth of Entrepreneurship

The unrelenting grind of being solely responsible for your company’s life-and-death, financial burdens, work overload, and lack of separation between work and life pushes both your body and mind to their limits.

“Anxiety and anxiety disorders of clinical significance were, for many of these entrepreneurs, the norm rather than the abnormal.”

Beyond the constant high-wire act of stress and anxiety, entrepreneurs also have to stoically endure waves of harsh criticism, rejection, failure, and self-doubt that would break the average person.

If you’re an entrepreneur for any length of time, people are going to tell you you’re not good enough. So if the road is this psychologically destructive, what mindset and strategies allow the most…