“72% of founders/ entrepreneurs* are impacted by mental health issues…”
Let’s have conversations that make a difference.
*Compared to 48% of the general population
It’s reported, they are…
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2 x as likely to suffer from depression
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6 x more likely to suffer from ADHD
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3 x more likely to suffer from substance abuse
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10 x more more likely to suffer from bi-polar disorder
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2 x as likely to have psychiatric hospitalisation
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2 x more likely to have suicidal thoughts
They often struggle silently. There's a sense you can't talk about it, that it's a weakness.
Often leading to depression, anxiety, and mood swings, all shown to undermine performance
Conditions that result in:
Burnout, co-founder conflict, toxic company culture, increased employee turnover, poor decision-making, an inability to hire top talent, and an inability to “show up” for important meetings and pitches, to mention a few
Not forgetting the impact personally and in relationships
Transformation isn’t easy so why try?
65%
Of failed startups fail for avoidable reasons
All of these reasons are exacerbated when the people within them are subject to high mental and emotional strain.
How do we change this?
By putting human wellbeing first.
When you focus on people first everything improves.
You, as a leader, perform better when you feel good, companies perform better when their people are a priority, meaning optimising wellbeing, increasing happiness and protecting mental health are vital to improving performance.
By combining science, psychology, and ancient wisdom… we can halt the effects of outdated beliefs around strength, weakness and success.
Founders Circle fuses science, psychology, and ancient wisdom to create what could be called a mastermind for the heart and mind; a safe space or container, within which founders and entrepreneurs can feel heard and supported, sharing openly without fear or judgement.
A place to reflect, share, and dive deep on the issues that matter but which are traditional perceived as taboo, for fear of being labelled weak.
The circle is a place to deepen your connection and awareness of yourself, building true self-leaderships skills.
It’s a place to release stress & anxiety around internal fears or worries, to build inner strength and resilience, which in turn helps increase performance and overall wellbeing.
This is the change we need…
A change that begins with you…
It begins with me, it begins with all of us choosing a better way.
Introducing: Founders Circle
Supporting well-being, increasing performance, and unleashing potential from the inside out.
Being a founder, and an entrepreneur is not easy, often you feel alone and unable to share your concerns and worries with others.
Concerns and worries that often aren’t directly related to the business - they are your personal doubts and fears. They are more crippling than anything the business throws at you.
Staff, who rely on you for income, life partners who need the other sides of you, investors who want returns, peers, and a society that expects of you.
It’s time we stopped believing stress and anxiety, depression, relationship breakups, ill-health, disease, and suicide go hand in hand with success. It’s time we stopped believing the only measure of success is money and the only way to achieve that is through sacrifice.
Instead, it’s time to do things differently, to focus on well-being and when we are challenged, go deeper, to really explore what's going on in our minds, and our hearts, because when we do everything changes - if we can just stay with them a little longer.
It all begins with an open, honest conversation, the question is…
Are you ready?
Isn’t it time we put a focus on founder wellbeing.
This is my invitation to you, to the leaders out there, to flip the script, to focus on wellbeing and step into true (self) leadership, own your emotions, speak your truth, and pursue a vision for the good of humanity.