Today's advice comes from serial entrepreneur Jen Groover in her piece on Entrepreneur:
今天MBA小课堂的嘉宾是连续创业家Jen Groover，她在自己的著作《创业家》中这样说道：

"Entrepreneurship is really a journey of self-transformation so you really need to be working on yourself more than your business."
“创业其实是一次自我改变的旅程。所以，比起你的事业，你更需要关注的是你自己。”

Groover advises that entrepreneurs start their mornings off with something that "invigorates" them, because this is the key to "identifying a pattern that accelerates your energy throughout the day."
Groover建议创业者们在早上先做那些能够“激励鼓舞”自己的事情，因为这对于“找出一种让自己一整天都精力充沛的方法”来说至关重要。

Without knowing yourself in this way, you'll easily break down and won't be able to handle the long hours that goes hand-in-hand with entrepreneurship.
如果在这一点上不能自知的话，作为凡事都要亲力亲为的创业者来说，你将很容易被打垮，而且无法胜任长时间的工作。

You also need to identify activities or situations that bring you down or causes you to tire more quickly. This is the only way you'll build your personal stamina and can truly put in the physical strength and brain power needed in running a business.
你还要清楚知道什么样的工作和情形会让你更快地感觉到疲惫。这是让你保持个人精力充沛的唯一方法，也能够让你正确认识到在创业的过程中该如何分配自己的精力和脑力。

"Your stamina is like a muscle — it's something you have to work out everyday."
“人的精力就和肌肉一样，每天都需要锻炼。”

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