Mental stimulation is the propellant that helps founders gain traction in the early days, but it’s easy to lose over time. The amount of work combined with the erratic lifestyle can often leave you feeling uninspired.

At some point in your entrepreneurial journey, you will undoubtedly face a crossroads where you will have to decide whether you want to keep going. Entrepreneurship is difficult, but it is made easier if you have the inspiration to keep moving forward.

TechRepublic Premium presents three sets of tips on how to reinspire yourself as a founder. The article includes advice from Snejina Zacharia, Founder and CEO at Insurify, Balaji Sreenivasan, Founder and CEO of Aurigo Software Technologies, and Gabrielle Haddad, Co-Founder and Board Member of Sigma360.

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2: Don’t forget your roots

One of the sad but inevitable facts of the startup community is that people will begin to see you for what you do instead of who you are. Being the founder of a company is only one role you play. Don’t get me wrong — it’s an important role. But it exists alongside other roles to compose your identity. You are not your product.

Haddad comments, “The founder experience is a rewarding yet intense one, where it is very easy for your identity to become tied to the business and its success. It is important to stay connected to who you are outside of work so you can mentally and physically navigate the high highs and low lows of startup life. I advise founders to keep their hobbies, attend the out-of-town wedding, have dinner with your family — these are the things that keep you going when work gets tough.”

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