Do Entrepreneurs Take Vacations?
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3.5min Read You might not like this answer, but it’s the truth… We do, but at the same time we don’t. So, no. I say “no” because the mind of an entrepreneur doesn’t ever stop. There will ALWAYS be something to do. Something to start. Something to build. Something to create. I’m writing this now, then I’ll send it to my executive assistant (she’s a rockstar) and she’ll tee up the newsletter for me to make the final edits and post. I’ll do all this before I go.
Write it all down to see it. This is going to help in the future for sure when you actually delegate, but right now it’s you just having a visual of what you do. THIRD —
FOURTH — You only have so many opportunities to go on these vacations with your family, enjoy them! Let this stuff get figured out later. Or as much of it as you can without blowing up the ship… but if you do, I guarantee that you’ll figure it out in the end. BITES BITE 1 — How to find inspiration Posting and sharing day after day and slowly but surely figuring out what works and most importantly, what doesn’t. Inspiration isn’t a magical unicorn to chase, inspiration is EVERYWHERE as long as you are looking. My mission is to provide as much value as I can, detailing the blueprint of my entrepreneur journey. And to do that, I am constantly looking for lessons, tips, tricks and hacks in everything I do so that I can turn it around to something worth sharing. My journey might be unique to me in many ways. But the principles still apply and my hope is that even one person here can take something away from all these wild ventures I talk about. I debate all the time whether I need to JUST talk about my vibecoding or JUST talk about the home service businesses or JUST about being a dad-preneur... but the truth is that all of those things together are what makes me, me. And all the things YOU do--make you, you. If you are on your own journey and want to “build in public” as they say, the best way to do that is WAY simpler than you’d think. You literally just need to do the thing you want to do and pay attention to the things that are difficult or that you’re struggling through. Someone might need that specific post as inspiration to start their thing. “One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through and it will be someone else’s survival guide.” --Brene Brown BITE 2 — Rabbit Holes of learning I’ll make this short and sweet for you—Be curious more. Chase shiny objects. Read more than one book at the same time. Listen to podcasts while you run, walk, drive, etc. Don’t worry about overconsumption, worry about not learning something that interests you. If something piques your interest, ask more questions. Immediately buy the book on it. Find videos about it and do whatever it takes to soak it up. It might not be now, it might not be next week, it might not even be next year, but EVENTUALLY, all the learning you’re stacking will come together in a beautiful symphony of success. Take the red pill and got down the rabbit holes. It’ll be worth it. BITE 3 BITE 4
Until next time... Stay in the fight, My best tweet this week:
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