You Are the First System — Luminous Entrepreneurship examination

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

What is the module's central claim about the founder's nervous system?

Market opportunity matters far more than the founder's own state The founder's body stops mattering once a team has been hired, at least in theory A strong business plan can make up for an exhausted founder A venture cannot exceed the quality of the nervous system running it
How does the module define somatic intelligence?

The practice of scheduling exercise into the working day, though not always The ability to analyse data faster than competitors do The body's capacity to know through sensation and feeling A trained habit of setting gut feelings firmly aside
What did Antonio Damasio's research on somatic markers show?

People who cannot process bodily sensations decide worse Removing emotion makes decisions more rational and accurate Gut feelings are random noise that carry no information The body processes information only after the mind decides
Why did Jamal decline an acquisition offer his advisers all endorsed?

He planned to sell to a larger buyer the following year His body's contraction was protecting an emerging offering His lawyer uncovered serious problems in the earn-out terms The offer's revenue multiple was well below the market rate
What does the module call a founder's scarcest resource?

Information Time Capital Energy
Which five dimensions of energy does the module describe?

Sleep, diet, exercise, hydration and rest Morning, midday, afternoon, evening and night, though not always Physical, financial, social, digital and spiritual Physical, emotional, mental, relational and purpose
In the one-week energy audit, what is the dimension that stays consistently lowest?

A sign to work longer hours Your energy bottleneck A dimension to ignore for now Your energy anchor
How does the module ask founders to read burnout?

As a systems signal that the configuration is unsustainable As a personal failure to manage one's stress properly As an unavoidable cost of building a business, to be pushed through As a sign of weak character or poor discipline in the founder
A founder says "I can't stop working." What is the module's systems reading?

The team has grown far too large for one person to manage The market is simply too competitive to allow any rest, at least in some cases The venture lacks autopoiesis and depends on the founder alone The founder lacks discipline and needs much stricter routines
What finally resolved Lena's exhaustion and panic attacks?

Hiring a manager and stepping back from client work Relying on coping strategies until the panic eased off Redesigning her business around a 60/20/20 split of time Raising her rates sharply and halving her client list, though not always
Why does the module treat nervous-system regulation as a leadership skill?

Others' nervous systems read the founder's state and co-regulate A founder's inner state stays private unless it is disclosed Nervous systems respond to words far more than to bodies, at least in theory Performing calm while panicking reliably reassures a team