Entrepreneurial Stress - and How to Cope
by Jim McCain
Stress in and of itself isn't bad. It's how much of it we have to deal with and how we handle it that determines whether it is damaging. Small business owners are especially vulnerable to stress because they tend to be driven, intense, and unwilling to tolerate failure. Moreover, they often forgo family support and feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities. As if all those factors aren't enough, many entrepreneurs experience extraordinary guilt and other forms of conflict over their intense drive toward success. From a physical perspective, stress stimulates the body to produce adrenaline. Excessive stress causes excessive stimulation of adrenaline, which in turn can lead to high blood pressure and damage the cardio-vascular system. Excessive stress can also create depression, psychosomatic symptoms like back pain and insomnia, and drug or alcohol dependency. Based on the amount of stress you are experiencing, there are steps you can take to ease its effects.
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