135: Confronting the Realities of Entrepreneurship and the Loneliness Epidemic

Written By Rhodes Perry

During this week’s Office Hours, we take a candid look at the entrepreneurial loneliness epidemic. In truth, breaking out as an entrepreneur is a singular position where you’re working long hours, and making incredible sacrifices. Allon and I unpack these realities and offer some of our own strategies to bust out of our collective isolation. It’s our hope we can shine a light on the entrepreneurial shadow side and offer support to connect you with our dynamic community of Out Bosses.

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Questions Answered in this Episode

·      What does the research say about entrepreneurship & loneliness?

·      How does decision-making fatigue & remote working impact loneliness?

·      Why do entrepreneurs feel the pressure to inflate how great and amazing their lives and businesses are?

·      What role do family and friends play in relationships to entrepreneurship & loneliness?

·      What happens when you hit the notorious “entrepreneurial wall,” and how do you recover?

·      What are the strategies to reconnect with ourselves, supportive entrepreneurs and our friends and family?

Resources Shared in this Episode

·      Inc., What You Can Do About the Loneliness Epidemic

·      Forbes, It Is Time We Acknowledged Loneliness in Entrepreneurs

·      Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs Reversing the Loneliness Trend

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Rhodes Perry

Rhodes Perry, MPA is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. He helps leaders build belonging at work to achieve industry breakthroughs. His firm offers transformative leadership development, change management, and capacity building solutions for senior executives focused on advancing their organizations’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Nationally recognized as a LGBTQ+ thought leader, he has two decades of government and nonprofit experience having worked at the White House, PFLAG National, and the City of New York. Media outlets like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press have featured his powerful work as a (DEI) influencer.

http://www.rhodesperry.com
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