Stephen Bartlett

Welcome back to the game. This is part two of the guest spot on Diary of a CEO with Stephen Bartlett. This is a ton of fun. This second half, we talk about the entrepreneurial life cycle. It has six stages. You will be stuck in it forever until you break free. I was stuck in it for years. And I will say this, it does rear its nasty head multiple times. I have to fight it actively.

Welcome back to the game. This is part two of the guest spot on Diary of a CEO with Stephen Bartlett. This is a ton of fun. This second half, we talk about the entrepreneurial life cycle. It has six stages. You will be stuck in it forever until you break free. I was stuck in it for years. And I will say this, it does rear its nasty head multiple times. I have to fight it actively.

Welcome back to the game. This is part two of the guest spot on Diary of a CEO with Stephen Bartlett. This is a ton of fun. This second half, we talk about the entrepreneurial life cycle. It has six stages. You will be stuck in it forever until you break free. I was stuck in it for years. And I will say this, it does rear its nasty head multiple times. I have to fight it actively.

This, I mean, this year I was talking about it last night. It's one of those pervasive things that I don't think you solve. It's something that you manage. On top of that, we talk about experimentation in the form of how you beat competitors and how to do that in a way that makes it harder for them to keep up with you.

This, I mean, this year I was talking about it last night. It's one of those pervasive things that I don't think you solve. It's something that you manage. On top of that, we talk about experimentation in the form of how you beat competitors and how to do that in a way that makes it harder for them to keep up with you.

This, I mean, this year I was talking about it last night. It's one of those pervasive things that I don't think you solve. It's something that you manage. On top of that, we talk about experimentation in the form of how you beat competitors and how to do that in a way that makes it harder for them to keep up with you.

And so the last thing we talk about, we actually zoom all the way out and we talk about work, life, balance, happiness, fulfillment. And I think it's one of the more clear moments I've had on a podcast in a while. I've got a lot of feedback from people from the last 20 minutes of this particular podcast, and it's, you know, three hour plus podcast.

And so the last thing we talk about, we actually zoom all the way out and we talk about work, life, balance, happiness, fulfillment. And I think it's one of the more clear moments I've had on a podcast in a while. I've got a lot of feedback from people from the last 20 minutes of this particular podcast, and it's, you know, three hour plus podcast.

And so the last thing we talk about, we actually zoom all the way out and we talk about work, life, balance, happiness, fulfillment. And I think it's one of the more clear moments I've had on a podcast in a while. I've got a lot of feedback from people from the last 20 minutes of this particular podcast, and it's, you know, three hour plus podcast.

And so the fact that people got there, and then that was the part they were talking about, I think is good. But if you ever get criticized for how you work, how you approach life, you might enjoy it. So enjoy.

And so the fact that people got there, and then that was the part they were talking about, I think is good. But if you ever get criticized for how you work, how you approach life, you might enjoy it. So enjoy.

And so the fact that people got there, and then that was the part they were talking about, I think is good. But if you ever get criticized for how you work, how you approach life, you might enjoy it. So enjoy.

Oh, God. Yeah.

Oh, God. Yeah.

Oh, God. Yeah.

Yeah. This is the entrepreneur life cycle until you learn how to break free from it. And so there are six stages here. You have stage one, which is uninformed optimism. This is where you see your friend or you see something online and it looks like they're making money or it looks like there's some opportunity and you think, oh my God, that sounds amazing.

Yeah. This is the entrepreneur life cycle until you learn how to break free from it. And so there are six stages here. You have stage one, which is uninformed optimism. This is where you see your friend or you see something online and it looks like they're making money or it looks like there's some opportunity and you think, oh my God, that sounds amazing.

Yeah. This is the entrepreneur life cycle until you learn how to break free from it. And so there are six stages here. You have stage one, which is uninformed optimism. This is where you see your friend or you see something online and it looks like they're making money or it looks like there's some opportunity and you think, oh my God, that sounds amazing.

And you have optimism because it looks great, but it's uninformed because you have no idea what it entails. So then you dive in and you say, okay, I'm going to pursue this thing, whatever it is, baking cupcakes, or I'm going to do lawn mowing, or I'm going to do crypto trading, whatever. Okay. Second step is you get into it and you're like, oh my God, I don't know.

And you have optimism because it looks great, but it's uninformed because you have no idea what it entails. So then you dive in and you say, okay, I'm going to pursue this thing, whatever it is, baking cupcakes, or I'm going to do lawn mowing, or I'm going to do crypto trading, whatever. Okay. Second step is you get into it and you're like, oh my God, I don't know.