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How to kill ‘hustle-and-grind’ and create a healthy startup culture

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Originally written by Brigid Charmant on Small Business
“Looking for a #superstar biz dev person who can hustle their way into a FTSE 250 boardroom.”
“Wanted: dev genius who’s got the grind to keep going when the going gets tough.”
Okay, so these aren’t real job postings on a recruitment site. But were you able to tell the difference? The wording is eerily familiar to anyone in the startup world – the glorification of the grind, the headlining of the hustle. Entrepreneurial culture is obsessed with going hard and not going home. This work ethic might initially seem admirable – but at its core it’s rooted in a toxic approach to the world of work which is taking its toll on staff at all levels of the business.
>See also: Is a four day working week really a boon for productivity and staff wellbeing?
In our own recent research, we spoke to 2,200 business owners across Europe. What we found was alarming – almost one in three said that they or their staff have taken leave for mental health reasons, while almost half said that lack of time was detrimental to their or their employees’ personal health.
What’s ironic is that a significant majority of SMB

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5 things to do before you check your phone in the morning

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Originally written by Jim Lusty on Small Business
Humans create habits. We love them because we crave familiarity. It makes sound evolutionary logic; repeat the same behaviour in a repeating situation. If it worked last time, it should do again. This limits the need to make a decision and therefore conserves energy.
Studies consistently find that over 50pc of our daily actions are habitual. Our routine habits are the building blocks of our daily life.
The challenge is that habits are typically either very, very positive, or very, very negative. There is little middle ground. And making things worse, it is often hard to become aware of the negative habits that have crept into daily routines unchallenged, because they’re formed unconsciously over time and sap energy.
>See also: Is wellbeing leave a possibility for small businesses?
Get your morning routine right
These are often alluring as they offer instant gratification but have a negative impact on overall energy. It used to be that the appeal of alcohol or the quick fix of a sugar hit topped the naughty list. But topping the modern naughty list is our relationship with digital devices, driven by our fascination with social media. Some studies have shown 75pc of phone users

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Their faces moulded into trolls from my past – podcast

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Welcome back to Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk.
In this episode Anna Jordan chats to Penny Power OBE, an author, public speaker, mentor and business owner. She tells us how a mental breakdown led her to realise her strengths as an entrepreneur.
You can listen to it here:
Penny Power: Their faces moulded into trolls from my past
We’ve also got podcast episodes looking at:

How one entrepreneur hired a videographer to track their every move and build their business brand
How funding a business led one entrepreneur to stress-related alopecia
One entrepreneur’s first professional public speaking engagement
Adapting to UK life and learning English before starting a business
Securing seed funding
Finding the perfect head of customer care
Reaching a £1 million annual rate of return
Boosting client numbers from 30 to 850
Starting a brand new business from scratch

To find out more about Small Business Snippets, you can download the trailer.
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Their faces moulded into trolls from my past – podcast

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