In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the dues founders pay for neglecting their health. Pushing yourself too much, putting your body through so much pressure, and then ignoring the warning signs as they come, you’re unconsciously trading your life for the success of your company. Don’t curse yourself in the process!  

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:43 When you’re running your life too fast, you’re sacrificing your health
• 07:50 Processing all of life by not processing it
• 14:26 Because your body can adapt to anything, you shrug off any symptom
• 18:07 Early in our careers, we’re not aware of these problems
• 21:38 Founders rarely have a support structure
• 25:09 We're responsible for the conditions that created the liabilities
• 27:18 It’s difficult to admit you’re wrong when you made the bad decision
• 29:44 A lot of founders have had a massive panic attack at 37
• 32:28 When you’re deteriorating, why aren’t you doing something about it?
• 35:31 Your family can help spot the warning signs, but they won’t be 
• 39:14 At your age, how much stamina do you still have?
• 40:53 How to avoid destroying yourself as your Startup grows
• 43:21 We assume that we’re the only ones going through it