Weekly Review of Oct 24–30

Life is hard, let’s get through it together.

Welcome to the NO. 11 edition of

ETHANFAILSUP — Weekly Check-In

DIRECTORY

Day80 — SundaySync (Habits, Newsletter, Email Marketing, Organization, Goals)

Day81 — Still in Ideation Phase (Baltimore, Theory of Change, Prototype, Watson, Colorado, Mental Health)

Day82 — Mapping Problems & Goals (Logo, Cognitive Bias, Storytelling, Mindset, Summer Institute, Customer Discovery, Mentor Meeting)

Day83 — Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Entrepreneurs (Meetings, Impact, Therapy, ImpactFounder, Mental Health)

Day84 — On Being CEO (Body Keeps the Score, Changemaker Institute, Election 2016, Unreasonable Institute, Teju, Vision, People, Values, Resources)

Day85 — $100,000 Acquisition Offer? (Mental Health, Mania, Bipolar, Meditation, Startup Boulder)

Day86 — Confusing Calls (Support, Questions, Business, Friendship, Meditation)

GOAL REVIEW (Oct. 30th)

SYSTEMS FOR NEXT WEEK (by Oct. 30th)

Mental Investment Suggestion:

• Add meditation to your daily routine

Lessons Learned:

• Boulder, Colorado is an ideal location for the mental health movement
• Cognitive bias influences us all tremendously, everyday
• We live in a culture that has largely adopted a scarcity mindset
• Organizations are just people
• CEO has 4 responsibilities: vision, people, values, resources

3 Small Wins:

• Met the founder of ImpactFounder
• Met the founder of Carson J Spencer Foundation
• Met the co-founder of Unreasonable Institute

Social Experiments of the Week:

• Ask a stranger to sign up for your newsletter
• Ask a stranger how do you train your mind
• Ask an accomplished business man on social media for a Skype session
• Ask an entrepreneur you look up to for a meeting
• Introduce yourself to an entrepreneur you know but he/she doesn’t know you

TED Talks

• The Prison of Your Mind
• The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong
• 5 Ways to Kill Your Dreams
• Why We Choose Suicide
• Mental Health for All by Involving All
• Living with Bipolar Type II
• Psychosis or Spiritual Awakening

Asks

• What kind of support would you need to participate in these social experiments alongside with me? What kind of social experiments would you be interested in participating in?
• What support are you looking for as an entrepreneur? What has been the most difficult part of working on your own venture?
• Can you join my newsletter and then give me feedback on my newsletter? Join at www.ethanfailsup.com

Thanks for reading, listening, and caring! : )