103 - How to handle the lows on the emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship

I have had a bit of a time of it over the past few months and I thought I would share a little bit about what has been going on with me, and how I have been supporting myself through it, in case any of you are also in this place right now, and to prepare you also for when you do face something similar because if you are a human, and you run a business, you will for sure experience this at some point in your journey. 

And what I am talking about you experiencing is the dip, or the lows of the emotional rollercoaster that you are on if you are an entrepeneur. 

And if you’ve had a business longer than five minutes, you will know what I mean. 

One minute you are feeling on top of the world, feeling like you know what you are doing, feeling super confident, and proud of yourself and the results you are creating. And then the next minute, you are in the depths of despair and frustration, filled with doubt, uncertainty, confusion, fear and overwhelm. 

And unfortunately, the latter situation is filled with the most unproductive emotions. So we don’t take much productive action in those dips. And if we are taking action, it certainly isn’t terribly inspired, enjoyable, or time-effective, because it’s a bit like paddling up river - against the current, dragging an anchor behind us though the mud, as we go. 

Let's talk about what we can do to get through the dip.