Article: What we learned when we got Naked
Over the last 6 months we’ve been getting (figuratively!) NAKED with the entrepreneurial community. In June 2020, we, The Future Farm, launched the NAKED podcast. This is the beginning of our contribution to opening up the debate on emotional, mental, and psychological wellbeing of entrepreneurs.
In this article we’ve pulled together the key takeaway from each entrepreneur who joined us, along with our top resource from each episode, allowing you to deeper dive in to the topic!
Each episode delves into a different narrative, unpacks a distinct obstacle our entrepreneurial community faces, every story as unique as the entrepreneurs who lived it. What stayed with us long after each episode was the sheer honesty and rawness that each of our incredible guests gave in the retelling of their experiences:
“I didn’t realise we would get into conversations with people where I would literally have goosebumps... where I felt this weird mix of ‘oh my god, is this person really going there, are they really sharing this with us?’ …but also feeling this extreme sense of gratitude that people are comfortable opening up with us...”
“It was the stuff that we usually don’t talk about over coffee, and usually we keep to ourselves, and sometimes we don’t even say to ourselves. So that was certainly a huge surprise and I’m really grateful; it was a humbling experience for me...”
And what stayed consistent with each leader, is that resilience - in whatever form that takes for them - is everything.
Here is your whistle-stop tour of Season One:
Episode 1: Monique Baars on co-founder divorce
Takeaway: “One of the biggest things I did to help me heal was speak to my team about it.”
Resource: How to Fix the Co-Founder Fights You’re Sick of Having — Lessons from Couples Therapist Esther Perel
Episode 2: Juan Guerra on identity crisis
Takeaway: “It was hard for me to let go. Because at that point my whole personality had fused with the cause and the business. I had to reinvent myself.”
Resource: Unmasking the inner turmoils about founders, by Carl Martin
Episode 3: Brett King on the need to ‘keep going’
Takeaway: “That persistence, that absolute belief that you can make it work is critical.”
Resource: The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Strategies for Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty by Rita Gunther McGrath
Episode 4: Simon Cant on do investors care?
Takeaway: “Grief on some level is one of the ultimate personal transformation tools.”
Resource: That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief by Harvard Business Review
Episode 5: Asma Khan on not being defined by fame
Takeaway: “I’ve never allowed myself to be labelled by anyone.”
Resource: An Introduction to Modern CBT: Psychological Solutions to Mental Health Problems by Stefan G. Hofmann
Episode 6: Enrico Scopa on only having 320 months to live
Takeaway: “ Time became the most precious currency. Everyday that I’m not happy is wasted.”
Resource: Rediscovering Life: Awaken to Reality by Anthony De Mello
Episode 7: Emma Obanye on being ‘off balance’
Takeaway: “What am I doing here, am I living to raise a business for myself or someone else?”
Resource: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
Episode 8: Nadira Yusoff on being ashamed
Takeaway: “You’re bound to face failure, you’re bound to face real challenging times, but there is always a way for you to step out of it.”
Resource: Who Am I? by The School of Life
Episode 9: Ruud Hendriks on believing your own hype
Takeaway: “I believed in my own myth. I really thought I couldn’t fail. And then I failed miserably.”
Resource: The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick) by Seth Godin
Episode 10: Kate Shepherd on how Covid tried to steal her future
Takeaway: “Crazy, whirlwind of immediate loss. A bit like a car crash. The only way I coped with this was with both family and faith.”
Resource: Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle
Episode 11: Muniba Mazari on turning her worst fears into a calling
Takeaway: “I cannot afford to give up. That courage comes from within. I face the world but before that I have to face myself.”
Resource: I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t) by Brené Brown
We continue on in our mission to collectively build a healthier ecosystem with the mental, emotional and psychological wellbeing of entrepreneurs and leaders at its core. A safer and resilient space focused on prevention rather than fixing.
Thank you for listening!
Yours, The Future Farm team
Season Two of NAKED by The Future Farm will be out in January 2021
If you’re interested in joining us as a guest or contributing to our community then get in touch today!
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