Jeremy Barr: Founder Resilience Requires a Quantified 'Must-Have Why'
Jeremy Barr · Turn Your Self Audio Down and Watch Everything Change · Dec 5, 2023 · at 1:44
Mentor and entrepreneur Jeremy Barr discusses founder psychology and why entrepreneurs who leave 9-to-5 jobs solely for freedom struggle with resilience.
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“Your resilience comes from your, what I would say your, is your quantified must have why I must have this in life. And if you don't have a thing that you must have in life, you're not going to have that resilience to deal with all that you have to deal with.”
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