Do you have Biles Syndrome ?

Do you have Biles Syndrome ?

Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles left the women’s gymnastics final at the Tokyo Games because she was afraid she would be injured if she continued in a rattled state of mind.

Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka opened up about her mental health struggles and her decision to drop out of the French Open in an essay published in?Time magazine, saying "it's O.K. to not be O.K."?

Are you a bad person for watching the Olympics?

The pressure to perform takes a toll. The price of fame is high. While it has recently been highlighted in several elite athletes, entrepreneurs suffer the same fate. I mean, how do you compete with the three billionaires launching the space tourism industry, let alone all those healthtech unicorns grabbing the headlines? Treating mental health as physical health is a transformation long overdue, and not just in sports.

Here are some tips on how to perform under pressure.

Here's how to get into your zone and flow.

Career choices, like being a doctor or an entrepreneur, sometimes are the result of living up to parental expectations. and not having the self esteem or ego strength to follow you own path. The fear of the consequences can be paralyzing. Entrepreneurs in particular are more than 50% more likely to experience a mental health obstacle than the general population, which can not only affect their personal life, but can create a make-or-break situation for their business.

Our fear of other people’s opinions, or FOPO, has become an irrational and unproductive obsession in the modern world, and its negative effects reach far beyond performance.?If you start?paying less and less attention to what makes you?you—your talents, beliefs, and values—and start conforming to what others may or?may not?think, you’ll harm your potential. While overachieving can yield some positive results, you might regret it.

Part of the entrepreneurial mindset is being ok with not being ok,

Here’s what we know about overachievers:

  • Overachievers have a deep need to achieve and are results driven. Having multiple roles often means while each is getting done, they are not at the level that is acceptable to them or the results that could be achieved long term by developing another team member. This often leads to professional frustration for the overachiever and the other team members who are not getting the opportunity to perform.
  • The words “I can’t” or “no” do not exist in the over achiever’s vocabulary. Overachievers crave approval and will continue to take on more and more roles, projects, and hats despite the ten gallon one already on their head.
  • Growth of the team is stunted; by consistently assigning people for projects whether they relate to their primary role or not, we have contributed to stunting growth and development into the primary area that encompasses talent and passion and denied others on teams an opportunity to grow.

Here are some social determinants of entrepreneurship.

Being authentic can be harmful to your career. On the other hand, it might be a requirement to being happy, even if it means not standing on the gold medal podium. Golf, like many sports, is a head game. So is life.

Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA is the President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs

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