Index
- Page numbers followed by f and t refer to figures and tables, respectively.
- A
- Abundance view, 138
- Acceptance:
- Acceptance stage, in psychotherapy, 162–163, 162f
- Acedia, 59, 60f
- Acedia and Me (Norris), 59
- Actions, see Behaviors/actions
- Adams, Douglas, 89
- Adaptation, 90, 137
- Adler, Alfred, 148–149, 157
- Adorno, Theodor, 103
- Adventure, sense of, 57
- Advice, offering, 250–254
- Agency conflicts, as challenge in therapy, 168
- Aging Well (Vaillant), 242
- Agony, unspoken, 7
- Alcohol, as escape route, 191, 192, 194
- Ali, Yashar, 32, 246
- Allport, Gordon, 220
- Alphabet, 71
- Alter ego, talking to your, 235–239
- Altruism, as defense mechanism, 143
- Alvarez, Al, 32
- Ambient stressors, 41, 41f
- Ambition:
- Amitriptyline, 182
- Analysis, as function of mind, 112–113
- Andreessen, Marc, 48, 49
- Angell, Marcia, 180
- Anger:
- Antidepressants, 181, 204
- Anxiety:
- Approaching the depressed, 260–262
- Archetypes, 148
- Aristotle, 60
- Armstrong, Brian, 75
- Arshia, 74
- Arthur D. Little, 73
- Asaya, Michka, 112
- Aspirations, unintended outcomes of, 35t
- Asteroid mining, 96–97
- Asymmetric information, as challenge in therapy, 169
- Attention:
- Attitudes, outcomes and, 26–27, 27f
- Autonomy, sense of, 53
- Azoulay, Pierre, 103
- B
- Backpacking with the Saints (Lane), 203
- Balance:
- creating, 195–198. See also Building resilience
- for the ego, 132. See also Healthy ego
- maintaining and strengthening, 47. See also Obstacles and frustrations
- work-life, 198. See also Self-care
- Barriers to entry, 48–50
- Basket Of Figs (Bass), 262
- Bass, Ellen, 262
- Baths, depression and, 179
- Baudelaire, Charles, 193
- Beckett, Samuel, 227
- Behaviors/actions:
- Being present:
- Belief(s), 119–123, 125t
- about ambition, 121–123
- about depression, 175
- about medication, 182
- about the world, see Worldview
- behaviors driven by, 119–121, 122t
- Boettinger on, 62
- and ethical and moral choices, 67–68
- formation of, 120–121
- foundational, 119–120
- inconsistent, 1
- and judgment calls, 136
- narratives dictated by, 121
- and personal growth, 125
- and self-image, 21. See also Self-image/self-view
- as source of inner conflict, 62
- spirituality as extension of, 220–221
- in virtuousness of work, 197
- Belonging, sense of meaning from, 66
- Bentham, Jeremy, 72
- Bias, in pharma industry, 179–180
- Biederman, Joseph L., 180
- Bly, Robert, 163
- Body, as internal resource, 51
- Boettinger, Henry M., 62
- Bono, 112
- Boundaries, to help with depression, 176, 177
- Brain, meditation and, 206
- Breaks, taking, 199
- Breakthrough moments, 170–172
- Breathing, 195–198
- Bribes, 76
- Brin, Sergey, 71
- British East India Company, 122
- Brooks, Gwendolyn, 19
- Buddha's Brain (Hanson and Mendius), 206
- Buffett, Warren, 101, 195
- Building resilience:
- Burnout, 59
- Business world:
- C
- Caldbeck, Ryan, 41, 127, 189
- Calendar, sense of well-being and, 215
- Cammarata, Nick, 171
- Capitalism, 103
- Career progression, for a good life, 242
- Caring (in general):
- Caring for the depressed/broken, 247–262
- Castaneda, Carlos, 198, 199
- CBS News, 98
- CEO transitions, 126
- Certainty, reward for, 111
- Challenges:
- Change, adjusting to, 136–138
- Chantrelle, Eugene, 229
- Check-ins, need for, 250
- Cheering people on, 250
- Chesterton, G. K., 201
- Chipchase, Jan, 41, 265–266
- Choosing risk, 117
- Christian, 43
- Circadian rhythms, 179
- Clarity, about suicide, 32–34, 33f, 35t
- Clarke, Arthur, 102
- Code of conduct, 65. See also Ethics
- Cognitive abilities, depression and, 177
- Cognitive dissonance, 1, 241
- Cognitive overload, 116–117
- Coinbase, 75–77
- Collective unconscious, 147, 148
- Colonna, Jerry:
- Commitment to therapy, 165, 170
- Community, sense of meaning from, 66, 67
- Competition, 105, 122, 122t
- Complex problem solving, 97–103
- Computer jargon for mind, 109–111, 110f
- Concentration:
- Confidence, 121. See also Self-confidence
- Consciousness, 208
- Constraints, resources vs., 50–51, 50t
- Contemplation, healing power of, 225
- Control:
- Cooper, Matthew, 2
- Coronavirus pandemic:
- Cortisol, 208, 209
- Cost-benefit analysis, 72–74
- Counting blessings, 195
- “Creep” (Radiohead), 214
- Cummings, E. E., 212, 214
- Customers, sense of meaning for, 66
- D
- Dalio, Ray, 206
- Damasio, Antonio R., 108–109
- Dark Nights of the Soul (Moore), 231
- Dark side, 6, 147, 149, 226. See also Shadow side
- Decision making, as function of mind, 111–113
- Defense mechanisms, 90, 138–143, 139f
- Delayed gratification, 133–134
- Denehy, Ryan, 179
- Denial:
- Depression, 3
- after successes, 235
- avoiding/overcoming, see Building resilience
- and breathing disorders, 202
- caring for others with, see Caring for the depressed/broken
- and contact with nature, 204
- course correction for, 218
- and ego-superego interaction, 82
- episodes of, 33–34, 33f
- and exercise, 202
- external events triggering, 39, 40t, 44f. See also External events
- forms of, 236
- language for, 6
- measurement of, 167–168
- medications for, see Medication
- other states vs., 59
- possible causes of, 176
- prevailing belief systems about, 175
- promise to yourself about, 235–239
- and self-selection into high-risk environments, 39
- in therapists, 171
- treatments for, see Medication; Psychotherapy
- and volunteering, 216
- and worldview, 44–45
- Descartes' Error (Damasio), 108–109
- “Desiderata” (Ehrmann), 245–246
- Desire(s), 95–105
- and ego, 80–81
- extrinsic, 101–103, 105
- to get ahead and do better than others, 122
- in healthy ego diagnostic, 132
- hidden, 99–102
- and id, 81–82, 81f. See also Id
- intrinsic, 101–102
- and personal growth, 125
- for self-differentiation, 84–85
- to start something, 96–99
- that drive us, 133
- unmet, danger of, 102–105
- for what others have, 102–103
- Despair, 15, 246
- Development stage, in psychotherapy, 162f, 166. See also Personal development
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DMS), 180–181
- Dickinson, Emily, 8, 213
- Dillard, Anne, 254
- Diminution of work, 196–199
- and feeling of not doing, 198–199
- by pausing, balancing, breathing, 195–198
- Dirda, Michael, 59
- Disassociation, 141
- Discomfort, curbing your, 252
- Discrimination:
- Displacement, 141–142
- DMS (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), 180–181
- Doing the right thing, 71–78. See also Ethics
- Dopamine, 208, 209
- Dorsey, Jack, 206, 207
- Double-slit experiment, 207
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tale, 228–229
- Draaisma, Douwe, 115
- Drivers:
- Drugs:
- as escape route, 191–0192
- for treating depression, see Medication
- “The Drugs Don't Work” (Wilson), 182
- Dunning, David, 21, 22
- Dunning-Kruger effect, 21, 22, 117
- Durant, Will, 49
- E
- Eckhart, Meister, 255
- Economic cycles, 103
- Edison, Charles, 138
- Edison, Thomas, 138
- Education on depression, need for, 250
- Efficacy, of depression drugs, 180
- Ego, 79–85, 81f
- in adapting to change, 137
- business need for, 82–84
- and concept of soul, 80–81, 81f
- defense mechanisms of, 138–143, 139f
- as driver in business, 127
- of founders/entrepreneurs, 88–89, 131
- Freud on, 146
- healthy, see Healthy ego
- and id, 80–82
- mastery of, 143–144
- normal, 5
- overinflated, 23, 91–102
- and personal growth, 125
- and purpose, 88–89, 91
- and self-image, 84–85
- and social activism, 75, 76
- and superego, 67, 77, 78, 81f, 82, 89
- in therapy, 158
- vulnerable, 20–21
- who is served by, 89
- working with your, 87–92, 90f
- Ehrmann, Max, 245–246
- Einstein, Albert, 78
- Eliot, T. S., 8, 213, 257–258
- Elizabeth, Queen, 122
- Emotions. See also Feeling(s); specific emotions
- Emotional quotient (EQ), 3, 57
- Emotional resilience, 3. See also Building resilience
- “Emotional Resilience in Leadership Report” (Chipchase and Miller), 265–266
- Emotional state, 155
- Empathy, 250, 252
- Empowerment, sense of meaning from, 66
- Engagement stage, in psychotherapy, 162f, 163–164
- Entrepreneurs, 1–2, 7, 131. See also specific topics
- Envy, 20, 230, 232, 233. See also Shadow side
- Episodic memory, 113
- EQ (emotional quotient), 3
- Erikson, Erik H., 95, 151
- Ethics, 65–69, 71–78
- Ethical framework design, 76–78, 77t
- Ethos, 60, 61f, 65
- Executive dysfunction, 116
- Executive functions of the mind, 116, 116f
- Exercise:
- Expectations, vulnerability and, 20–21
- External events, 39–45
- External resources, 50
- External stressors, 41, 42f, 126, 126t. See also External events
- Extrinsic desires/motivations, 101–103, 105
- F
- Frontera, Visora González, 235-239
- Facebook, 102
- Facing fears, 229–231
- Failure:
- Fairchild, 156
- Family, as internal resource, 51
- Fantasy:
- Fast-thinking modes, 119
- Fear(s), 95. See also Shadow side
- Feedback, to yourself, 236
- Feeling(s). See also Emotions
- Feet, massaging, 259–260
- Feinzaig, Leslie, 41
- Feld, Brad, 6, 265
- Ferriss, Tim, 17, 35
- Feynman, Richard, 208
- Fight-or-flight mode, 58, 134, 135f, 136
- Financial system, 111
- First impressions, of therapists, 162–163
- Fisher, Eileen, 83–84
- Flow state, 211–212. See also Getting into feeling mode
- Fluharty, Brandon, 14
- Focus:
- Food habits:
- Foot massage, 259–260
- Forest bathing, 203
- Forgetting (Draaisma), 115
- Forsyth, Allan, 142
- Founders, 1–2, 7. See also specific topics
- The 4-Hour Workweek (Ferriss), 17
- Fowler, Susan, 71
- Franklin, Aretha, 214
- Freud, Anna, 151
- Freud, Sigmund, 145–147, 157
- Friction, sources of, 47. See also Obstacles and frustrations
- Friends:
- Frustration, 47. See also Obstacles and frustrations
- G
- Gap between work and life, creating a, 196–198
- Gates, Bill, 100, 110, 114
- Gelsinger, Pat, 223
- Getting into feeling mode, 211–218
- Getting out of your head, 201–211
- Gibran, Khalil, 213
- “A Gigantic Ego” (Hafiz), 92
- Girard, René, 103, 169
- Goals:
- God(s), 222–224
- Goldman Sachs, 66
- Goldstein, Marc, 208–209
- Good life, elements of, 241–243
- Goodman, Paul, 189
- Good Poetry for Hard Times (Keillor), 213
- Google, 71, 97–99, 102
- Gratitude:
- Greatest good for greatest number, 72–75, 73f, 88–89
- Green exercise, 203–204
- Greyball, 71
- Grove, Andy, 223
- Guilt, 82
- Gurley, Bill, 213
- H
- Hackernews, 57, 116, 199, 225
- Hafiz, 92
- Hagen, Edward, 247
- Hamlet (Shakespeare), 118
- Hanson, Rick, 206
- Happiness:
- Harari, Yuval Noah, 204
- Harvard Medical School, 176, 241–242
- Healthy ego, 131–144
- Healthy mind:
- Healy, David, 181
- Help:
- reasons for not asking for, 246–247
- for those feeling depressed or broken, see Caring for the depressed/broken
- Henley, William Ernest, 123
- Hero:
- as archetype, 148
- self-image of, 21
- Hewlett Packard (HP), 49
- Hidden desires and drivers, 99–100
- Hidden self, uncovering, 157–158, 158t
- Hierarchy of needs, 75, 125, 125t, 149
- High expectations, vulnerability with, 20–21
- Hillel the Elder, 189
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Adams), 89
- Holistic therapy, 149, 173
- Hone, Lucy, 44, 45
- Honesty, as challenge in therapy, 169
- Hopelessness:
- Horowitz, Ben, 16, 213
- HP (Hewlett Packard), 49
- Hsieh, Tony, 254
- Huh, Ben, 17, 26, 27
- Humor, as defense mechanism, 142
- Hunt, Lucy, 198
- Hyde, Edward, 228
- I
- Id, 81–82, 83f, 95–106
- Identity. See also Ego; Self-image/self-view
- Identity crisis, 151
- “If” (Kipling), 213
- Ignorance, in resisting development, 152–154
- “I Go Down to the Shore” (Oliver), 34
- Images, as output of the mind, 108, 109
- Imaginary memory, 115
- Imitation, for acceptance, 190
- Immature defenses, 139–140, 139f
- Impulses, 86, 133–135, 135f
- Incumbents:
- Ineptitude, 21–23
- Inflated self-images, 21–23
- Inner chatter, silencing, 204–206
- Inner conflict, regions of, 62–63. See also individual regions
- Inner demons, see Shadow side
- Inner/internal state:
- “In Praise of Idleness” (Russell), 197
- Inside Bill's Brain (Netflix series), 110, 114
- Insights and growth stage, in psychotherapy, 165f, 164–166
- Instruments, playing, 214
- Integrity of one's life, 243
- Intel, 156
- Intellectualization, as defense mechanism, 141
- Intellectual quotient (IQ), 3, 57
- Intensity, movement between relaxation and, 134, 135f
- Internal resources, 51, 63
- Internal stressors, 41, 42f, 126, 126t
- Internet Explorer, 48
- “The Internet of things your mom won't do for you anymore,” 103
- Intimacy:
- Intrinsic desires, 101–102
- “Invictus” (Henley), 123
- Invincibility, 241
- IQ (intellectual quotient), 3, 57
- “It's Just Too Much” (Lepore), 59
- Iyengar, B. K. S., 201
- L
- “A Lakota Indian Prayer” (Chief Yellow Lark), 224
- Lane, Belden C., 203
- Language of psychological quotient, 59
- L'appel du vide (call of the void), 25
- The Lathe of Heaven (Le Guin), 251
- Lawrence, D. H., 48
- The Left Hand of Darkness (Le Guin), 228
- Legacy companies, obstacles created by, 48–50
- Le Guin, Ursula K., 228, 253
- Lennon, John, 87
- Lepore, Jill, 59
- Letter to yourself, 235–239
- Life:
- Life crisis, with success, 25
- Life events, stressful, 39, 40t, 44, 44f. See also External events
- Light exposure, depression and, 179
- Light on Pranayama (Iyengar), 201
- Listening, need for, 251
- “Little Gidding” (Eliot), 257–258
- The Little Prince (Saint-Exupéry), 261
- Logic:
- Logos, 60, 61f, 107–108. See also Mind
- Loneliness of founders, 187–188
- Loudcloud, 49
- Love, need for, 251
- Lyft, 71
- M
- Mahabharata, 1
- “A Man And A Woman Sit Near Each Other” (Bly), 163
- Mandarina 11,
- Mandela, Nelson, 123
- A Man Without a Country (Vonnegut), 211
- Maples, Mike, 187–188
- Marginalization, fear of, 249
- Marlboro cigarettes, 73–74
- Marshmallow test, 133–134
- Maslow, Abraham, 190
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs, 75, 125, 125t, 149
- Massage, 208–209, 259–260
- Mastery of ego, 143–144
- Mature defenses, 139f, 142–143
- Mayan, Farhaj, 179
- MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), 148
- Meaning, building sense of, 65–67
- Meaning quotient of work, 66
- Medication, 175–183
- Meditation, 204, 206–207
- Memory:
- Mendius, Richard, 206
- Mental blocks, 151–159
- Mental health, 2–4. See also Depression
- Mental health manifesto, 263–264
- Microsoft, 48
- Midnight's Children (Rushdie), 115
- Milarepa, 228
- Milk and Honey (Kaur), 213
- Miller, Jonny, 41, 265–266
- Mind, 107–118. See also Getting out of your head
- across time, 108f
- analytical engine of the, 107–108
- basics of, 108–109
- changing states of, 155
- in computer jargon, 109–111, 110f
- core functions of, 111–113
- despairing, 15
- developing the, 108
- executive functions of, 116, 116f
- of a founder, 117–118
- healthy, 169–172, 263–264
- inputs and outputs to, 108–109, 116–117, 117f
- as internal resource, 51, 53
- Johari window into, 158, 158t
- memory, 114–116
- relationship of breath and, 201–202
- in response to pleasure and pain, 112
- silencing inner chatter of, 204–205
- and staying present, 107, 108f
- sunao, 151–152
- The Mindful Therapist (Siegel), 108
- Mission:
- Mission statements, 71
- Mlada Fronta Dnes, 74
- Moffitt, Phillip, 257
- Moods:
- Moore, Thomas, 96, 226–227, 231
- Moral compass, 67–68, 72. See also Belief(s); Doing the right thing; Ethics
- Moral dilemmas, 136
- Moriarty, John, 231
- “The Morning After I Killed Myself, I Woke Up” (Royer), 29–31
- Motivation(s):
- Moving Mountains (Boettinger), 62
- Muir, John, 203
- Music:
- Musk, Elon:
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), 148
- N
- Narcissism, 89
- Narcissus, 85, 235
- Narratives:
- Nature:
- Navigation, 90
- Needs:
- Negative experiences, managing impact of, 206–207
- Negative spiral, 58
- Neruda, Pablo, 204–205
- Netscape, 48, 49
- Neurotic defenses, 139f, 141–142
- Nietzsche, Friedrich, 5, 141, 187
- Non-spiritual ways of seeking solace, 225
- Normal ego, 5
- Norris, Kathleen, 59
- Norton, Grace, 255–256
- Norton, Joshua Abraham, 140
- Not doing, feeling of, 198–199
- O
- Objective view of ourselves, 117–118
- Observer, being the, 207
- Obstacles and frustrations, 47–53
- Oliver, Mary, 34
- “O Me! O Life!” (Whitman), 37
- On Balance (Phillips), 154
- Openness, about suicidal thoughts, 35
- Optimism, in entrepreneur's psychology, 57
- Organized diminution of work, 195–199
- Ortega y Gasset, José, 120
- Osterwalder, Alex, 217
- Outcomes:
- Overinflated ego, 23, 91
- Overwhelm, 23, 59, 117
- Owning Your Own Shadow (Johnson), 225
- P
- Page, Larry, 71, 97–98
- Pain:
- Pale Blue Dot (Sagan), 221–222
- Palmer, Parker, 259–260
- “Paranoid Eyes” (Pink Floyd), 137
- Parents, projection by, 232–233
- Pathological defenses, 139, 139f
- Pathos, 60, 61f, 119–123, 122t. See also Belief(s); Emotions
- Patricio, Daniel, 52
- Pausing, 195–198
- Paycheck Protection Program, 69
- Perceptual representation, 113
- “Perfect day” list, 196
- Persistence, 40–41
- Personal development:
- Personality assessments, 148
- Personal strengths, 195
- Phaedrus (Plato), 80
- Pharma industry, motivations in, 179–182
- Philip Morris International Inc., 73–74
- Phillips, Adam, 79–80, 154
- Pink Floyd, 137
- Pity, unwelcome, 249
- Placebo effect, 182
- Planning for suicide, 17–19
- Plato, 80
- Playing an instrument, 214
- Pleasure, mind's response to, 101, 112
- Plotkin, Bill, 82, 229–230
- Poetry:
- Politics, disincentive to change and, 99–10
- Positive psychology, 131
- Positive self-talk, 236
- Predictability, 111
- Present, being, see Being present
- Problem-solving, complex, 97–10
- Procedural memory, 113
- Process, rewards vs., 51–53
- Productivity, 112
- Profits:
- Progressing, shopping for therapists vs., 168
- Projection:
- of aspirations or qualities, 232–233
- as defense mechanism, 140
- Promise to yourself, 235–239
- The Prophet (Gibran), 213
- Psyche:
- Psychological quotient (PsyQ), 3–7, 57–63
- defined, 3
- and emotions in business world, 5–6
- internal resources in, 51
- language and terminology of, 59
- and normal ego, 5
- and psychological effects of obstacles, 58
- regions of inner conflict, 62–63. See also individual regions
- and tenets of entrepreneur's psychology, 57–58
- and unspoken agony, 7
- and values of business culture, 6–7
- when emotions clash with logic, 60–62, 61f
- Psychotherapy:
- PsyQ, see Psychological quotient
- Purpose:
- Q
- Quantum mechanics, 208
- R
- Radiohead, 214
- Rationalization, 141
- Reaction formation, 141
- Reality of death, fantasy of death vs., 35–37
- Reasons for suicide, 15–17
- Reboot (Colonna), 6
- Recall of information, 113–115
- Relaxation, movement between intensity and, 134, 135f
- Religion, 219, 222–224. See also Spirituality
- Repressed frustration, suicide as form of, 35
- Repressed self, uncovering, 157–158, 158t
- Repression, as defense mechanism, 142
- Resentment, 226, 229–230. See also Shadow side
- Resilience. See also Emotional resilience
- building, see Building resilience
- and frustration, 123
- and inner spark, 106
- measurements of, 134–135, 145f
- and mission, 126–127
- Resisting development, 152–153
- Resources:
- “Respect” (Franklin), 214
- Responsibility:
- Rest, 191, 198
- Restlessness, 59
- Retention of information, 113, 114
- Return on investment (ROI):
- Rewards:
- Right, wrong vs., 67. See also Ethics
- Rilke, Rainer Maria, 144
- Ripley, 71
- Risk:
- Rouček, Libor, 74
- Royer, Meggie, 30–31
- Rumi, Jalaluddin, 213, 244
- Rumination:
- Runkle, Patricia McKernon, 252
- Rushdie, Salman, 115
- Russell, Bertrand, 93, 197
- S
- Sadness. See also Depression
- Safe environments, need for, 250
- Sagan, Carl, 221–222
- Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 262
- Sakugawa, Yumi, 206, 231
- Saltzman, Michael Meir, 142
- Sarcasm, with the depressed or broken, 254
- The Savage God (Alvarez), 32
- The Saviors of God (Kazantzakis), 109
- Scarcity view, 138
- Schmidt, Eric, 71, 98
- Schumann, Tina, 105–106
- Schumpeter, Joseph, 241
- The Scientific American, 115
- “The Second Coming” (Yeats), 23
- Second-order effects, as motivators, 97–99
- Seibel, Michael, 102
- Selective attention, resilience and, 45
- Selective sharing, as challenge in therapy, 169
- Self-assessment:
- Self-awareness, as goal of therapy, 151–152
- Self-care, 7–8, 189–191. See also Building resilience
- Self-confidence, 26
- Self-destructiveness, 15, 16, 20
- Self-differentiation, 84–85
- Self-image/self-view, 21, 85
- adjusting, 26, 27f
- chasm between abilities, problems, and, 12
- and difficulty of self-assessment, 117–118
- and ego, 21–24, 80, 83–85. See also Ego
- of Fisher, 83–84
- in healthy ego diagnostic, 132, 136–138
- and impulse control, 136–138
- as internal resource, 51
- as source of inner conflict, 63
- of Wright, 83
- Self-reflection, 165, 235
- Self-talk, 132, 236
- Seligman, Martin, 131
- Semantic memory, 113
- Sense of meaning, 65–67
- Sensory input, 109, 116, 133
- Serotonin, 208
- Service to others:
- Shadow side, 149, 225–233
- Shakespeare, William, 118
- Shame:
- Shareholder value, and the greatest good, 73–75
- Shockley, William, 156
- Shopping vs. progressing, as challenge in therapy, 168
- Shriver, Eunice Kennedy, 238
- Siegel, Daniel J., 108
- Silence, healing power of, 225
- Silencing inner chatter, 204–205
- Silicon Valley, 96–97, 101, 218
- Skills:
- Sleep:
- Slow-thinking modes, 119
- Smith, Adam, 40
- Smith, Web, 177
- Social activism, mission and, 75–76
- Social media, mental health and, 74
- Social norms, 136
- Society:
- Soul:
- SoulCraft (Plotkin), 82, 229–230
- SpaceX, 102
- Special treatment, for those who are depressed or broken, 252
- Specific stressors, 41, 42f
- Spirit over mind, 219–233
- Spirituality, 219–
- Spock, 211
- Spontaneity, as defense mechanism, 142
- Spotify, 214
- Stages of psychotherapy, 161–166, 162f
- Start-up Boards (Feld and Ramsinghani), 6
- Start-up failures, 1, 7
- Start-up journey, 125–127, 125t, 126t
- Start-up narratives, 114–115
- Stepping back from suicide, 29–36
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 229
- Stigma:
- Stories:
- Stress:
- Stress hormones, 58, 208–210
- Stressors:
- Subjectivity:
- Sublimation, as defense mechanism, 143
- Substitute for intimacy, as challenge in therapy, 168
- Success:
- Suicide, 11–36
- and attitudes, 26–27, 27f
- breaking taboo of discussing, 12–14
- emotions driving us to, 20
- and fantasy vs. reality of death, 35–36
- and feelings that come with success, 24–25
- looking for clarity about, 32–33, 32f, 35t
- ratio of attempts to deaths, 16
- reasons for, 15–17
- stepping back from, 29–36
- thinking about, ruminating on, and planning for, 17–19
- and vulnerability with high expectations, 20–24
- “The sum of my life” (Rumi), 244
- Sunao mind, 151–152
- Superego, 67–69, 81, 81f, 82. See also Ethics
- Support:
- need for, 250
- for those who are depressed or broken, 253–257. See also Caring for the depressed/broken
- Swartz, Aaron, 265
- Syme, Kristen, 247
- Sympathy, 249
- T
- Taboo of discussing suicide, 12–14
- Tagore, Raindranath, 93
- Taibi, Matt, 66
- Tannenbaum, Melanie, 115
- Tasks, prioritizing, 196
- Teams:
- Tenets of entrepreneur's psychology, 57–58
- Terminology of psychological quotient, 59
- Tesla, 101
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Smith), 40
- Therapy, see Psychotherapy
- Thinking, Fast and Slow (Kahneman), 119, 164
- Thinking and thoughts, 79
- about suicide, 17–19
- moving to feeling from, see Getting into feeling mode
- as output of the mind, 108, 109
- slowing down, see Getting out of your head
- thinking fast and slow, 119–120
- “This is what you shall do” (Whitman), 210
- Thoreau, Henry David, 203
- Tolle, Eckhart, 5–6, 79, 208
- “To the young who want to die” (Brooks), 19
- Touch, 208–210
- Triggers:
- of desires, 102–103
- of negative feelings, see External events
- social forces as, 190
- Trump, Donald, 68
- Trust:
- The Truth About the Drug Companies (Angell), 180
- Turing, Alan, 111
- 24/7 culture, 176
- U
- Uber, 65–66, 71–72
- Unconscious, 159
- University of Freiberg, 179
- Unmet desires, danger of, 101–106
- “Unskilled and Unaware of It” (Dunning and Kruger), 21–22
- Unspoken agony, 7
- Upanishads, 177
- The Upward Spiral (Korb), 218
- “Urban Street Tree Biodiversity and Antidepressant Prescriptions,” 204
- Utilitarian logic, 72–73
- W
- Waiting for Godot (Beckett), 227
- Walking, to get out of your head, 199, 202–203
- Wallace, David Foster, 222
- Warm baths, depression and, 179
- Wehden, 178
- Weil, Simone, 3
- “What's the Most Difficult CEO Skill?” (Horowitz), 16
- Wheeler, McArthur, 21
- “When You Meet Someone Deep in Grief” (Runkle), 252
- Whitman, Walt, 37, 210
- Wilde, Oscar, 102–103
- Winnicott, D. W., 166
- Wit, as defense mechanism, 142
- Wootton, David, 122
- Work, creating a gap between life and, 196–198
- Work conditions:
- Working memory, 113
- Work-life balance, 198. See also Self-care
- “A World of Want” (Schumann), 105
- Worldview:
- Worry, depression and, 218
- Worship, choosing what to, 222
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 83
- Wrong, right vs., 67. See also Ethics
- Y
- Yalom, Irvin:
- Yeats, W. B., 23
- Yellow Lark, Chief, 224
- Yoga, 205–207
- “You have to be always drunk” (Baudelaire), 193–194
- Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe (Sakugawa), 231
- Yourself:
- fear of being, 151
- focus on, 66. See also Self-care
- perception of, see Self-image/self-view
- promise to, 235–239
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