Therapist for Entrepreneurs
Jesse King is a therapist for entrepreneurs, founders, and business owners. If you're in demanding roles, then clean up your inner world by organizing your cognitions & processing your emotions. (Thank me later).
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Uncertainty
Unpredictable, unstable, and uncertain... Does this describe entrepreneurship accurately enough? You're working towards your vision and goal. But along the way it can feel like eating glass.
One option is to work hard in an attempt to "manage" uncertainty. You can try to control external circumstances: your schedule, your team, your vendors, other people's expectations, etc. It's exhausting. It's a lot of energy.
Another option is to redirect that energy towards your cognitions and emotions. The energy you used to expend outwards, is now redirected inwards. Instead of "managing" external circumstances, you start changing your internal relationship to uncertainty.
Think about it like this... The very thing that makes entertainment so exciting is the same thing you're trying to eliminate in your business and your personal life: uncertainty. In fact, "uncertainty" is the very essence of life. Life is completely uncertain. It's like being on a roller-coaster, scary and exciting, at the same time.
- Are you focusing on 'what you want' or 'what you don't want'?
- Expectations are cognitions. Are your expectations more compulsive or intentional?
- Are you conflating your role(s) with who you are?
- Are you trying to get the external world to match your internal beliefs?
Understanding expectations
Under Pressure
You're in the 'pros'. Think: Sports Psychology for business.
The Ultimate Competitive Sport
Consider business as the ultimate competitive sport and it'll all start to make sense. Your expectations shift instantly. In this world there's no off-season, no clear scoreboard, no defined start/end times. In short, it never ends and you still need to deliver. Your mindset is key.
Expectations on All Sides
Do you have expectations for yourself? Do you have expectations for your business? Do you have expectations for your partner(s), employees, vendors, customers, etc.? And do they all have expectations for you? This is pressure. This 1:1 work releases it.
A Neutral Party in Your Corner
Working with a therapist is like working with a personal trainer- focused, dedicated attention on your vision and goals. Except this is real personal training. Instead of working out, you're working in.
Sharpen Your Focus
You'll be learning exactly how your cognitions and emotions work and how they're intertwined. You'll be able to understand others better than they understand themselves. It's empowering work.
Clarity
Competing Priorities
As an entrepreneur and founder, you don't just run a business. You're in a lot of roles, both inside and outside of the company. Make a list and you'll see, it's a lot.
If you consider the responsibilities that come with each role, it's even more. There is a mental and emotional load to keeping everything organized and prioritized appropriately. When there are competing priorities, it can seem like a lose-lose situation.
When you take a step back and get it all laid out, most entrepreneurs and business owners realize they've normalized stress and pressure. It's become their new normal. It's not "wrong", it's simply compulsive.
Competing priorities and competing goals go from being unconscious and the causes of stress and pressure, to being conscious and clearly communicated, so stress and pressure are expressed and no longer build-up.
Therapist for Entrepreneurs
About Jesse
Jesse is a dual-licensed psychotherapist who specializes in working with high-performing, driven executives and operators who are looking for real, lasting results (not just endless therapy).
- Dual-licensed psychotherapist (LMFT-A #205918, LPC-A #97301)
- Creator of Emotional Agency™ framework
- All sessions are conducted over Zoom
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"I got more out of 10 sessions with Jesse than I did in 15 years of on and off talk therapy. I highly recommend working with him and in fact I've recommended him to some of my closest friends who are now also seeing great changes." — Austin, TX