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Messed Up Mondays + William Downing

  • EPIC Market 8115 Gateway Boulevard Edmonton, AB, T6E 3X8 Canada (map)

Messed Up Mondays is a refreshing, no-holds-barred event where entrepreneurs, startups, and business owners come together to share.

When the Anxiety Never Stops

What happens when you leave a career where stress ends at shift change... for one where it follows you home?


Imagine this...

You've spent years making life-or-death decisions as a cop. High-stakes, high-pressure situations where your training kicks in and you execute. When your shift ends, you decompress. The stress stops.

Then you become an entrepreneur. You work a 12-hour day. You sit down to relax with your wife, maybe play a game... and the guilt hits.

"What are you doing right now?
You should be working.
You shouldn't be spending time on something frivolous."

The anxiety never stops.
It's always there, humming in the background.

William Downing is a former law enforcement officer turned entrepreneur who understands stress that most people will never experience. He's navigated the transition from acute, life-threatening situations to the constant, low-grade anxiety of building a business from scratch.

He's learned the hard way that the skills that kept him alive as a cop don't always translate to the mental game of entrepreneurship.

Come see William Dowing this next Messed Up Monday.
Learn about the transition from law enforcement to cyber security.

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This event is hosted by Messed Up Mondays.

Earlier Event: October 30
Startup TNT Happy Hour
Later Event: November 5
Community Coffee