Entrepreneurial Burnout? 17 Tricks To Get Over The Hump

I think I'm experiencing entrepreneurial burnout. What can I do to get past this feeling and get back to being my creative and productive self?

--Max, North Carolina

The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council. Founded by Scott Gerber, the Y.E.C. is a nonprofit organization that provides young entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, community and educational resources that support each stage of their business's development and growth. The organization promotes entrepreneurship as a solution to youth unemployment and underemployment.

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Follow the 90 Percent/10 Percent Rule

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Spend a solid 10% of your time working on something you love other than your startup, whether this means pursuing a side hobby, freelance project, or brainstorming another idea. Forcing yourself to switch gears will reactivate the other parts of your brain/heart that you've perhaps been neglecting. Chances are, you'll begin seeing new areas of opportunity in your startup too! --Annie Wang (@annie_wang), HerCampus.com

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Spend a solid 10% of your time working on something you love other than your startup, whether this means pursuing a side hobby, freelance project, or brainstorming another idea. Forcing yourself to switch gears will reactivate the other parts of your brain/heart that you've perhaps been neglecting. Chances are, you'll begin seeing new areas of opportunity in your startup too!
--Annie Wang (@annie_wang), HerCampus.com

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