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Insight
Tracy Lawrence: Believing non-founders cannot understand founder struggles is shame-driven
“I sort of felt like I retreated into a shell, and that was a self-created and self-declared shell of, oh, other people can't understand me outside of me building a company because this is uniquely difficult or challenging. Which also isn't true, as I know now,…”
Tracy Lawrence Jul 27, 2020 ▶ 5:18 20VC: Brad Feld, Jerry Colonna and Tracy Lawrence on Depression and Mental Health, The Dangers of Tying Happiness To Milestones & Why Fear, Anxiety and Guilt Are Useless Emotions
Insight
Tracy Lawrence: Transparently owning personal struggles gives teams permission to seek help
“So I think owning the shadow, whatever it may be, and talking about it with people, starting at least with the people that we feel the most safe with, and then realizing it's totally ok. In fact, it's wonderful, and it gives other people around you permission …”
Tracy Lawrence Jul 27, 2020 ▶ 39:05 20VC: Brad Feld, Jerry Colonna and Tracy Lawrence on Depression and Mental Health, The Dangers of Tying Happiness To Milestones & Why Fear, Anxiety and Guilt Are Useless Emotions
Opinion
Tracy Lawrence: Daily hustle culture is unhealthy and must be actively disrupted
“I would say that we should disrupt the hustle, and the way I've been thinking about it now, that I'm on contracts and a little distanced from what I was doing at Choose, is I try to take five minute meditations three times a day. And five pushups and five sit-…”
Tracy Lawrence Jul 27, 2020 ▶ 40:59 20VC: Brad Feld, Jerry Colonna and Tracy Lawrence on Depression and Mental Health, The Dangers of Tying Happiness To Milestones & Why Fear, Anxiety and Guilt Are Useless Emotions
Disclosure
Tracy Lawrence: Hyper-achiever mindset persists even after selling her startup
“To be very real and transparent, I just sold my company earlier this year, and my inner hyper-achiever is is still searching for the next thing.”
Tracy Lawrence Jul 27, 2020 ▶ 21:49 20VC: Brad Feld, Jerry Colonna and Tracy Lawrence on Depression and Mental Health, The Dangers of Tying Happiness To Milestones & Why Fear, Anxiety and Guilt Are Useless Emotions
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