How To Be Happier For Entrepreneurs
Oct 9, 2026 · 55 min · 10 segments
What if creativity isn't simply something we use to come up with better ideas—but something we need in order to live happier, healthier lives? Think you've got it; the creativity that really counts?…
Andre WaltonGuest
Yvonne TrostHostBrad ChandlerHost
So let me pause you for a second, 'cause a lot of my listeners listen and they don't see.
We talk a lot about this at Limitless You, convergent thinking and divergent thinking.
So if you're thinking about what he's saying, divergent thinking, he's been holding his hands with the base of his hands together and his fingers spread out wide.
When you are under chronic stress, right, or burnout, or you feel like you're in danger, if we go back to what he was saying about the, the caveman days, right? You don't think you're there, but your conscious doesn't think you're there, but your subconscious absolutely has you there.
So if you make like a triangle top with your hands and your fingers come together, and you only can see so many things, right? And so what we want to do is we want to unlock you from thinking that you have just a few options, right? Because a lot of you probably think you're really creative, and you are.
What I want you to listen to now, and Dr. Andre, what I wanna ask you, because a lot of my listeners think that hustle is their competitive edge, right? Like, it's been working and they do it, and they, they come up with a cool pr- you know, product, or they have some cool marketing and they make a lot of money, and then, then it goes up and down and up and down and up and down.
And they went into entrepreneurship to have this freedom, but they can't quite keep a hold of it.
So what I wanna ask you is what happens to that critical creativity when we're under chronic stress or burnout?
Um, as you kind of alluded to there, there, there's a phenomenon called seizing and freezing.
That is, um, basically if we, if we're looking at trying to solve a problem or a challenge or something, under stress we tend to seize on the first thing we think about and freeze the action of looking for any other options.
And I, I think, I think of this whole thing as being, um, the kind of hustle and bustle thinking, um, the, the l- logical convergent thinking.
And if you're with somebody, and, and I'm sure every one of your listeners, viewers will have experienced this in some way, either with themselves or with a friend or family member.
And, and it's as if they're, they're just in this wheel peddling away and, and they cannot see beyond their pain.
They cannot see beyond their deteriorating sleep, their deteriorating relationships, maybe even physical iss- use- re- issues related to stress.
And this hamster wheel effect is a function of looking at the world through a microscope.
If we introduce creative thinking into the picture, it's more like looking through the world through a li- a, a wide angle lens.
So let me pause you for a second, 'cause a lot of my listeners listen and they don't see.
We talk a lot about this at Limitless You, convergent thinking and divergent thinking.
So if you're thinking about what he's saying, divergent thinking, he's been holding his hands with the base of his hands together and his fingers spread out wide.
When you are under chronic stress, right, or burnout, or you feel like you're in danger, if we go back to what he was saying about the, the caveman days, right? You don't think you're there, but your conscious doesn't think you're there, but your subconscious absolutely has you there.
So if you make like a triangle top with your hands and your fingers come together, and you only can see so many things, right? And so what we want to do is we want to unlock you from thinking that you have just a few options, right? Because a lot of you probably think you're really creative, and you are.
What I want you to listen to now, and Dr. Andre, what I wanna ask you, because a lot of my listeners think that hustle is their competitive edge, right? Like, it's been working and they do it, and they, they come up with a cool pr- you know, product, or they have some cool marketing and they make a lot of money, and then, then it goes up and down and up and down and up and down.
And they went into entrepreneurship to have this freedom, but they can't quite keep a hold of it.
So what I wanna ask you is what happens to that critical creativity when we're under chronic stress or burnout?
Um, as you kind of alluded to there, there, there's a phenomenon called seizing and freezing.
That is, um, basically if we, if we're looking at trying to solve a problem or a challenge or something, under stress we tend to seize on the first thing we think about and freeze the action of looking for any other options.
And I, I think, I think of this whole thing as being, um, the kind of hustle and bustle thinking, um, the, the l- logical convergent thinking.
And if you're with somebody, and, and I'm sure every one of your listeners, viewers will have experienced this in some way, either with themselves or with a friend or family member.
And, and it's as if they're, they're just in this wheel peddling away and, and they cannot see beyond their pain.
They cannot see beyond their deteriorating sleep, their deteriorating relationships, maybe even physical iss- use- re- issues related to stress.
And this hamster wheel effect is a function of looking at the world through a microscope.
If we introduce creative thinking into the picture, it's more like looking through the world through a li- a, a wide angle lens.
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