Entrepreneurs need to turn it off to turn it on
Entrepreneurs often don’t but they especially should. And when they do, they don’t really, at least not completely.
(I’m reminding myself of Yogi Berra’s famous quotes – my favorite: "If the fans don’t come out to the ball park, you can’t stop them."
I’m talking about time off. Small business owners are in severe need of totally turning off from their business once in a while. It’s healthy. Yeah, yeah, I know that we all know (look out Yogi!) so there’s really no need for me not to tell you not to.
So, I’m just gonna say –
I tried to do it starting Thursday night, and I ended up starting Friday noon. But I did it. From Friday at 12pm until this morning, Tuesday, at 8am. I had to force myself by going to a place that didn’t have an easily attainable internet connection. Oh, I could have paid the $8.50/hour at the local coffee shop & internet café in downtown Harbor Springs, but I didn’t. I grabbed my $4 coffee & walked out the door.
How’m I doing? Am I refreshed? Do I have previously unfathomable epiphanies?
Hmm. Not that I’m aware of, yet. But I did come at the day without the baggage of the day before still hanging on me. And that’s gotta count for something.
Of course, I have this disclaimer, straight from Yogi himself, "I didn’t really say everything I said."
May 30th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Couldn’t agree more, Joel. Glad you forced yourself away. But remember, [i]"You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there."[/i] ~ Yogi Berra
R@
May 30th, 2006 at 5:02 pm
I don’t know how you did it, but congratulations…it is THE hardest part of being on your own…knowing when to take a mental health break.
June 4th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
Joel - glad you found the fork in the road and took it!