Take a Trip with Your Friends and Family

 According to the poll, 30 % of small company owners (those with yearly revenues of less than $100,000) had no plans to take a holiday this summertime.

Even those with larger earnings aren't faring any better: just 60% of them plan to take a vacation this summer.

Even those major corporations who might get away from the work, as we were warned during the Implying Meeting, would not fully go away. Rather, one out of every three vacationers will tie their time off to a work trip, and half of them could still touch in with the company this morning once every day.

Why can't entrepreneurs let go of their businesses? What are the issues that bind them to the company?

Here are some concerns of the business owners:

• An essential client or consumer will be neglected.
• The company will lose a fresh opportunity 
• The company will lose a fresh opportunity 
• Those who are left in power will make poor judgments.
• There will be a system or equipment failure with no one to address the problem.

It's understandable that people have such fears. It is difficult for a company owner to have a worry-free vacation.

However, with proper planning, preparation, and leadership, you can make the most of your vacation time and return rejuvenated and ready to take on new challenges and possibilities.

Here are ways to avoid holiday stress:

1. Create an Action Plan

Create a list of situations for your existing projects and inform your employees on the alternatives and your main concerns for each customer to avoid surprises.

Assign individual personnel to each service user so that clients have someone to talk to who knows their problems when you aren't available.

2. Provide an Overview of Your most Important Clients or Consumers

If you're going to be gone for a lengthy period of time, let them know ahead of time. There's no reason to be secretive about your vacation plans.

Present them to your supervisor and express your trust in their capacity to deal with any problems that may emerge.

If it's acceptable, tell them how to contact you in the event of a genuine emergency — which, given your preparation, is unlikely to happen.

3. Being a Delegate, not a Dictator, is What Leadership Entails

You can't expect people to step in for you if you never assign key responsibilities to them. Learn to delegate responsibilities to create a more stable environment and generate trust that good things will happen even if you aren't there. Divide up the tasks that must be completed while you are away and postpone those that can wait until you return.

4. Plan Ahead of Time for Your Vacation

Several organizations have a quiet season or periods of the year the pace is a little less frenetic. Schedule your trips around those downtimes.

5. Short Breaks

Simply take a few days out of town or extend a weekend somewhere else if you really can't let go of the business for a week or two, or if you can't stomach being too far away from the workplace. Even a little break from habit and a change of location might help you re-energize and get a new perspective.

6. Turn off Everything

Turn off your phone, don't bring your laptop, don't check your email, don't bring work with you on vacation, and wait for the chance to contact or visit the workplace to "check up" on what's going on. They'll locate you if there's an emergency they can't handle.

7. Take Time to Improve your Abilities by Taking a Break

If you can't justify taking a vacation to sit back and chill, consider a vacation to gain knowledge — whether it's business or personal.

Ongoing training classes at a nearby campus or management school are an inexpensive and efficient way to get away from your desk, meet new people, and try something new.

If you choose, certain sessions are held off-site for 6-7 days.

8. Stay Focused on your Objectives

Is your business really number one, two, or three when you make a list of the things that matter to you?

Engaging with family members and colleagues, spending time with children, fostering personal hobbies, remaining healthy, or developing an undertaking may be among your top priorities outside of work.

Keep work, family, and free time in perspective to reclaim your life's balance.

Having those other priorities allows you to appreciate your time away from work more.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!