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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSISTENCE AND
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
Nell Watson29th July 2014
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PART I - WHY FOUNDERS CREATE
“What is to give life must endure burning.” – Viktor Frankl
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Founder: Someone who creates a new engine through which the world is shaped.
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The urge to Found is born from pain.
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Founders are outsiders.
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Founders have something to prove.
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Not worth it unless:
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Not worth it unless:
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Not worth it unless:
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‘Extraordinary’ Doesn’t Just Happen
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PART II - WHY FOUNDERS FAIL
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to
continue that counts.” – WINSTON CHURCHILL
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“WE’RE FUCKED; IT’S OVER.”
BEN HOROWITZ – THE HARD THING ABOUT HARD
THINGS
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Martin Seligman“Learned Helplessness”
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PANIC & PAIN
FAILURE TOEXECUTE
PERCEPTUAL BIASES
DESPAIR &DREAD
GIVE UP & GIVE IN
VOLITIONALPARALYSIS
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NOT A MATTER OF WILLPOWER
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A BEAUTIFUL SERVANT
A DANGEROUS MASTER
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“There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself” - Louis X1V
PART III – KEEP YOUR HEAD
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PANIC & PAIN
PERCEPTUAL BIASES
DESPAIR &DREAD
GIVE UP & GIVE IN
VOLITIONALPARALYSIS
FAILURE TOEXECUTE
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Our emotions are led
by our perceptions.
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The sensation of having control is
everything.
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LACK OF CHOICE IS AN ILLUSION
“Between stimulus and response there is a space.In that space is our power to choose our response.In our response lies our growth, and our freedom.”
– Viktor Frankl
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MINDFULNESS & SELF KNOWLEDGE
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“I SUCK AT ‘X”’
Only for now. Everyone is
on a growth curve.
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“ENOUGH STRUGGLE ALREADY”
A comfortable life is one lacking in
learning
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“EVERYTHING IS RUINED”
Plans usually go awry.
So you can plan for it.
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“I FEEL HUMILIATED”
This only matters if you think it matters.
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“I HAVE FAILED. I AM A FAILURE”
Failure, with learning, is the only
path to success.
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“I FAILED TOO BIG THIS TIME”
You fail fatally when you stop
trying.
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“IT’S JUST TOO HARD”
It usually does get better if you just
keep going.
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• MISTREATED & IGNORED• ECONOMY SUCKS• NOT GETTING SUPPORT• NOT ENOUGH MONEY• STUCK IN A RUT
GOOD THINGS ABOUT TOUGH TIMES
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CULTIVATE AN IMMUNITY TO BEING DEMORALIZED
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When you are able to succeed at easy tasks, hard tasks feel possible to accomplish. When you are unable to succeed at small tasks, everything seems impossible.
RECOVERY FROM BURNOUT
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Take small actions (like making your bed)
Taking action bolsters belief
in one’s ability to succeedRest!
Call it a success
Do a little more each day
COLLECT SMALL WINS
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PART IV – A TALE OF PERSISTENCE
“Whoever, at any time has undertaken to build a new heaven, has found the strength for it in his own hell” – Friedrich Nietzsche
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Frédéric Bartholdi
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1856
Frédéric Bartholdi
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1865
Frédéric Bartholdi
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Frédéric BartholdiEdouard de Laboulaye
1865
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“LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING
THE WORLD”
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2 million francs / $10,000000
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MOCKERY
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CHAMPS ELYSÉE,PARIS
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MADISONSQUARE
GARDENS,NYC
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VIA PHILADELPIA?
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1879
Eugene Violette-le-duc
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Gustave Eiffel
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Gustave Eiffel
18821880
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HURRY UP AND WAIT
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FURTHERMOCKERY
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Joseph Pulitzer
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1856 – 1865 – 1875 – 1880 – 1886
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MANIFEST A DREAMSTRATEGIC DETERMINATION
CAPTURE & PROVE VALUE
INVOLVE OTHERS
SHIP ITKEEP YOUR COOL
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CLOSING THOUGHTS
‘He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how.”’
– VIKTOR FRANKL
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WHAT: PEOPLE BOOST YOU THE MOST?
CLOSING THOUGHTSWHEN: MOST AT YOUR PERSONAL BEST?WHEN: LOWEST TIMES IN YOUR LIFE?WHAT: GIVES YOU ENERGY?
WHAT WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO GIVE TO THE WORLD?
WHAT: PEOPLE DRAIN YOU THE MOST?WHAT VALUES ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU?