The Entrepreneurial Mind

I just sent an e-mail to a colleague at a small school up in Kentucky, and her bounce back said "I am out of the office for the month of August." I guess I am not quite playing this academic gig the right way! I am only taking a week off. But, I'll be back on Monday, August the 21st ready to go at it some more.

I have written in the past about the importance of taking some time off. Not to recharge to rejoin the battle, but because such time off it important in and of itself. Here are a few highlights from the past posts I have written about time off:

- Make sure you really get away from your work. Don't just work on it somewhere else -- like at the theme park with your kids!

- Cut the technology umbilical chord to your business. Really disconnect from all of those gadgets that keep us linked 27/7.

- Train your staff to take over when you go away.

- Engineer time for the important things beyond your business, family, friends, fun and faith, because it never "just happens."

- Treat your vacation like a sabbatical.

- Include some time for silence.