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Posted by Cameron on February 07, 2010
Emotional Roller Coaster

Entrepreneurship puts you on an emotional roller coaster unlike anything else on earth.

You will flip from being convinced you will own the world, to being overwhelmed by doom and ruin, and back again. Over and over. And over.

There is so much uncertainty and risk around everything you are doing. Will the product ship on time? Will anyone use it? Will your competitor beat you to market? Will anyone invest in the company? And on and on and on…

The level of stress you are under as an entrepreneur magnifies those data points into extreme highs and lows at whiplash speed and huge magnitude

Sound like fun?

I have known entrepreneurs that well since I’ve been in this field for years now. I started coaching and mentoring CEOs and I really got to know what an entrepreneur’s traits are.

Most entrepreneurs have at least five of these traits. Do you?

• Are you filled with energy?
• Does your mind get flooded with ideas?
• Are you driven, restless, and unable to keep still?
• Do you often work on little sleep?
• Can you be euphoric?
• Do you easily get irritated by minor obstacles?
• Can you burnout periodically?
• Do you act out sexually?
• Do you feel persecuted by those who do not accept your vision?

Don’t worry, but the reality is, this is what happens to stable entrepreneurs. This is one of the many areas I regularly coach & mentor entrepreneurs so they learn how to overcome and leverage each stage of.

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10 Comments to Entrepreneurial Rollercoaster

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February 7, 2010

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Phoebe Ezell
February 7, 2010

You did a good job of summarizing and illustrating the ever-challenging life of an entrepreneur. Now if only I could get some sleep!

Sherman Hu
February 8, 2010

9 out of 9, Cameron! Hey, get outta my head!

Thanks for sharing the emo roller coaster life of an E.

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Sherman

Cameron
February 8, 2010

Hey Sherman – thanks for the grammar edits you pointed out for me too. Not my area of strength – appreciate you pointing them out in that email.

Bettina Hein, Pixability
February 8, 2010

Yes, yes, and yes! I’m always commenting on how mentally stable you have to be to endure the ups and downs of entrepreneurship.
Driven and restless is definitely a fitting description for most entrepreneurs I know.

Julie Broad
February 10, 2010

This is fabulous … and I can relate. My life feels like this roller coaster ride darn near every single day.

Now the question is how do you help your friends and family understand the roller coaster and what they can do to best help you?? I think watching someone ride the roller coaster is probably pretty scary … maybe funny too though … it was definitely funny watching him on the ride!!

Cameron
February 12, 2010

I’d have friends and family watch the DVD I made about the Emotional Roller Coaster – it’ll help them to “get it” too

Kyle
March 18, 2010

8 out of 9!

The point about getting irritated about minor obstacles threw me off.. I like to think that I am adaptable and love the obstacles.. but really the small little trivial obstacles are ridiculous! Love the challenge of the big obstacles though.

This also explains why I don’t get along with my boss who “doesn’t accept my vision”, I actually try to avoid him at all costs. Too much to have my ideas shot down all the time.

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andrea
March 31, 2011

Such a great description – just sent to my husband..he gets it now

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