How do you guys deal with pre-launch nervousness?

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I'm launching a product in beta soon. Even though I'm confident of the product and marketing material, I still have those nervous stomach twists you get before taking a risk. Any suggestions to deal with this :) I believe mental health is very important for entrepreneurs.

Alex Briukhovetskyi · Accepted Answer

What works for me is - I ask myself a question "Why would I be nervous?". I've done everything I could to make things happen with the best outcome possible) Now I should relax and enjoy the results!

Alice Rodgers · Answer

Meditation and exercising works for me) riding Jetski and flying in a wind tunnel helps to clean up my mind from a lot of thoughts

Alex Terentiev · Answer

Drinking tea and watching anime

Mariah MacInnes · Answer

Journaling!!! It is the BEST thing I ever started doing in 2017!

Ann · Answer

I totally understand your struggle.

Guided meditation on Youtube + breathing practice helps A LOT. Even after a 10-min short session I always felt less anxious and really calmed down. :D

Don't forget our mental health will directly influence our physical health. And vice versa, that's why by improving our physical body such as consciously relax your muscle and breath slowly (you get these from meditation automatically), your mental healthy will be improved. :)

Gleb Braverman · Answer

The stress will never go away, you just learn to overcome it.

Alice Rodgers · Answer

@alex_terentiev I've seen darker than black; gonna watch echo of terror and samurai champloo after the launch

Alex Terentiev · Answer

@cn__katie hmmm, echo of terror and darker black. But my favourite is samurai champloo

Ryan Hoover · Answer

I still get them. :)

I think the key is to recognize that the launch often doesn't matter if you zoom out.

Alice Rodgers · Answer

@alex_terentiev sure thing) we need more quality anime) any recommendations?

Raymond Sam · Answer

Exercise, meditation and just powering through it for me. The anxiety goes away the faster you do the thing, until the next milestone anyway.

mahadeep Ray · Answer

Saw a video where Paul G handles this question. He asks "Do you remember which date Google/fb/any other company was launched"?.
So launch is a small part of what you are building.

Johannes Grenzemann · Answer

Going out in the nature and running. Sport and sweat in general is a good way to get rid of stressing thoughts…

Punit Chawla · Answer

@rrhoover Means a lot coming from you Ryan :)

Stewart Barrett · Answer

@mariah_macinnes Have you been able to keep it up this whole time?

How do you guys deal with pre-launch nervousness?

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