when entrepreneurs get sick

If You Feel Sad And Unmotivated…

A recent study revealed
COVID drains dopamine.

Many of us know
dopamine is our happy hormone.
It makes us feel good.

But I didn’t know
and maybe you didn’t know
that dopamine is a motivation hormone
also.
It pushes us to take action
while we’re feeling good.

If you feel sad and unmotivated
lately,
it might be due to
your recent (as in the past year) bout
of COVID.

Protect your happiness
and your business.

Mask the f*ck up
and continue to
get sh*t done.

We’re business builders.
We don’t have
f*ckin’ time
to catch COVID.

If Your Surroundings Are Healthy

My neighborhood hasn’t had rain
in weeks.

We aren’t rationing water, however,
because the neighborhoods around us
have received a LOT of rain,
perhaps too much rain.

They can share
their water with us.

A restaurant
in a well-to-do neighborhood
in our city
is struggling.
Its owner has medical issues.
He hasn’t been able
to spend much time
on his business.

The other businesses
have come together to help.
They are sending customers
his way,
are helping him in his restaurant,
and doing other things
to ensure his business survives.

They can do that
because THEIR businesses
are doing well.

If your surroundings,
physical or virtual,
are healthy,
YOUR business is more likely
to be healthy.

Choose your neighborhood well
and then support it.

Lowering Risks

I tested positive
for the first time
for COVID.

I’ve been fairly careful,
wearing high quality masks
anytime I’m with other people
indoors,
limiting contact,
employing social distancing
as much as possible.

This lowered the risk
of getting COVID
with each contact
but it didn’t eliminate it.

Especially since,
over the past two and a half years,
I have had hundreds,
perhaps thousands of contacts.

Low risk per contact
multiplied by
those thousands of contacts
meant the odds of me
catching COVID
was becoming pretty f*ckin’ high.

My ‘luck’ ran out.

Low risk events
happen.
Especially if we
participate in thousands
of them

Plan for that.

And yes, I will continue
taking precautions.
COVID is kicking my a$$
and I’d prefer never to get it again.