Dr. Emily Anhalt's Flex Your Feelings treats emotions like a muscle you can train. Just as athletes prepare physically for ultramarathons, entrepreneurs need emotional preparation before launching a business. The book defines mindfulness as the willingness to embrace discomfort and push through difficult emotions.
Chapters
Here's an uncomfortable truth. Your feelings are like muscles. You need to train them and develop them if you would like to be emotionally fit. Nobody jumps into an ultramarathon without preparing themselves physically and emotionally, yet entrepreneurs jump into starting a business without developing their minds first, which seems kind of funny now that you think about it. No one likes discomfort, but this book promises you that everything you want out of life is on the other side of your comfort zone. And I I love Dr. Emily Anhalt's definition of mindfulness. It's embracing discomfort. It's the ability to understand you need to push through the difficult emotions in the difficult times. That's what will make you a successful business owner and a successful person in general. So if you're looking to flex your feelings and become a little bit more playful, resilient, or mindful, I definitely recommend this book.