I will be taking a week off for a little summer break. Please visit some of my favorite sites listed on the right column of my site. If you are new to my site, please feel free to take this chance to go a root around in my archives. I will be back on August 22nd.
StartupJournal offers some additional statistics (from an American Express survey) to those I posted on Wednesday about entrepreneurs on vacation.
This new survey tells us that although we may physically take time off, we may not really be mentally taking time off. And that can take its toll over time, as we all need time to rest. In the past, I have written about this importance of taking time off (here, here, here, and here), as hard as that can be for entrepreneurs.
It may be too much to ask to simply work at full speed for 51 weeks and then try to stop for one week of vacation. Learn how to take time off in small bites. Find something that you can do once a day or even just once a week that takes you mentally away from your business.
In learning how to rest, many people much wiser than me tell us that it is essential to find a way to find true silence in your life. Take a little time each day to pray, meditate, contemplate or whatever your personal preference. But don’t always use words; take time for true silence.
The fruit of SILENCE is Prayer
The fruit of PRAYER is Faith
The fruit of FAITH is Love
The fruit of LOVE is Service
The fruit of SERVICE is Peace
(Mother Teresa of Calcutta).
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