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    Lost Between Freelancer and Business Owner

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    Exploring the challenging liminal space between freelancing and true business ownership, where you can feel drained and directionless despite external success. Discover why this identity transition is normal and how to navigate it.

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    Identity construction happens through experience and interaction. You develop that business owner identity by engaging with the world as a business owner, not by sitting in a room reflecting on who you want to become.

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    The State of liminality between beeing a Freelancer and now Becoming a business owner. Feeling lost and low energy, even if everything Looks amazing

    Голоса ведущих
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    Jacksonplay
    Источники знаний
    Employee to Entrepreneur
    The Mindset Shift from Freelancer to Business Owner - LinkedIn
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    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mindset-shift-from-freelancer-business-owner-alice-arimoro-qqnve
    Working Identity
    Constructing an entrepreneurial life: liminality and emotion
    link
    https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/entreg/v31y2019i7-8p567-582.html
    Liminal entrepreneuring: the creative practices of nascent necessity entrepreneurs
    link
    https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/85141/
    10 Mental Health and Wellbeing Challenges Entrepreneurs Face
    link
    https://founderreports.com/entrepreneur-wellbeing-challenges/

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    Ключевые выводы

    1

    Welcome & Opening

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    0:21
    0:43
    2

    The Liminal Space of Entrepreneurial Identity

    0:53
    1:12
    1:16
    1:34
    1:42
    3

    The Identity Crisis Nobody Warns You About

    2:01
    2:14
    2:35
    1:16
    3:01
    3:06
    4

    The Emotional Toll of Transition

    3:20
    1:42
    3:52
    4:10
    4:30
    5

    Creative Practices in Liminal Entrepreneuring

    4:40
    4:57
    5:00
    5:16
    1:16
    5:36
    1:42
    6

    Navigating the Energy Drain

    6:01
    6:11
    6:25
    6:37
    6:53
    7:00
    7:16
    7

    Reframing Success and Progress

    7:29
    7:40
    7:41
    7:59
    1:16
    8:22
    6:37
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    Closing Reflection

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