Opinion | Hidden burnout: The work-life balance struggles of entrepreneurs

📆 2023-02-26 11:05 AM

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Opinion: The entrepreneurs you don’t hear about are not tech wizards. Entrepreneurs are generally poorer and more economically unstable than wage workers, and they suffer from high rates of depression, substance abuse and bipolar disorder.

, I made a striking discovery: for ever six media references online to work-life balance for employees, I found just one discussing this topic for business owners, founders, or entrepreneurs.

These data are illustrative of a larger cultural phenomenon that suppresses the mental health needs of entrepreneurs who fuel our collective prosperity. Yet the media, and, to a lesser extent, research scholars, express more concern about the mental health and work-life balance of people employed in the jobs created by entrepreneurs. Why is this?

The financial press is elsewhere focused. Their fixation is on high-tech wunderkinds with Silicon Valley and Wall Street re-enforcing the false narrative that entrepreneurialism is synonymous with knowing how to code and being smart about venture capital funding rounds and “exits.”hear about are not tech wizards. They typically have one or more decades of work experience behind them. They are in their 40s and 50s. They don’t wear hoodies or play League of Legends.

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