This document discusses the importance of adopting the right entrepreneurial mindset or "state of mind" to succeed as a startup founder. It argues that founders need a "crushing-it" state of mind characterized by confidence, choosing the right team, embracing judgment from others, managing stress, and self-discipline. The document explores how this mindset differs from one focused on work-life balance and short-term happiness, and asserts that the crushing-it mindset will drive success and achieving big ambitions through intense focus and effort.

1. @geschehaas
@ddoers
The
chapter
in startup
advice.
That will make
or break you.

2. CRUSHING-IT
STATE OF MIND
{entrepreneur state of mind}

3. Is this the right advice for you?

4. You are/want to be (in):

5. Discovering the missing chapter

6. 5 years as
hedge fund
analyst.

7. …until one night changed my life

8. STARTUPS BECAME MY LIFE.

9. …it paid off

10. What advice did I find?

11. Tactical advice!

16. State of mind?

17. “If I ever hear a founder talk about
how they have a balanced life -
they’re not committed to
winning.”
- Reid Hoffman
on How to be a Great Founder

20. ...STARTUPS BECAME MY LIFE

21. Do we need this chapter??

24. Crushing it?

25. Being an entrepreneur

26. Happiness?
Being present. Human
connection. Health. Sleep.
Balance. Family. Friends.
Gratefulness. Validation. Feeling
of control. Freedom.

27. Startups?
Focused on future/vision.
High ambitions.
No balance. No sleep.
No friends?
Constant pushback.
Huge Risks. Lack of structure.

29. Emotion override.
Culture?

30. Operating system

31. CRUSHING-IT
STATE OF MIND
{5 must-do’s}

33. 1. Make confidence a priority

34. Confidence > Happiness

35. Confidence > Happiness

38. Right vs. wrong

39. “Have the courage to follow your
heart and intuition. They
somehow already know what you
truly want to become.”
- Steve Jobs

41. Responsibility vs. privilege

42. 2. Pick your people

47. How’s your day going?

48. Solutions > problems

50. 3. Embrace judgment

52. “At first they’ll ask you why you’re
doing it, then they’ll ask you how
you did it.”

54. Embrace yourself.

55. 4. Destroy destructive stress

56. …what isvs.what we think
we do

57. Destructive stress.

59. In the last 5 years…

60. 5. Constrain yourself

62. Know
YOURSELF.

64. Emotion vs. override

65. Emotions pretty damn rational.

66. 1. Make confidence a priority
2. Pick your people
3. Embrace judgment
4. Destroy destructive stress
5. Constrain yourself

67. What advice would you give
yourself?

68. @geschehaas
@ddoers
#ddreambigger
(because you can)