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#060 – The Psychological Challenges of Being a Founder with Dr. Sherry Walling of Zen Founder

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The Risks of Identifying Too Closely With Your Business

I think even really well-established founders have a difficult time appreciating the depth of that relationship. I usually see people battling with it when they are approaching an exit. So highly successful founders who are ready to sell their business and, you know, right away into the Golden Sunshine are realizing how very hard it is to extricate themselves from who they've become in relationship to their business. And so when you sell the business, it can cause this pretty deep crisis of identity.

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