The Do What Is Necessary Podcast

When someone takes a vacation at your company, (yourself included) it should feel like they don't work there anymore. You should be encouraging them to go completely dark.

Turn their computer off, delete Outlook from their phone, don't check in. 

Go away for real. Be gone. Off your grid.

The whole purpose of a vacation is to get away. To not only be somewhere else entirely, but to think about something else entirely. Work should not be on your mind. Period.

But the reality is that most entrepreneurs end up taking a "fakecation", if they take any time off at all.

When was the last time you actually got to disconnect? I mean for real? 

Not for a weekend, but for weeks. When you didn't feel any guilt or urge to check in and check up on work.

Very few entrepreneurs can claim such a thing nowadays. That's a tragedy, and a recipe for burnout.

Fakecations put you on a leash - you're liable to be yanked back and pulled into work at any moment. 

We all start our business with the idea that we'll be able to get the time off we need. That's supposed to be one of the key benefits. Time off isn't much of a benefit if you never get it. It becomes more like a crappy loan with terrible terms. Plus interest. And worries. Enough is enough.

Just because you own a business doesn't mean that your company should be entitled to ALL of your night's, weekends, or vacations. That's life time. True emergencies are an exception, but those should only happen once or twice a year max.

When your company acts like it owns all of yours (and your employee's time), this breeds a culture of neurotic exhaustion. 

EVERYONE needs a chance to truly get away and reboot. If your employees are denied that, or you deny yourself that, you'll both end up tired and resentful.

Clearly, time off is necessary, but only if you can take it without preoccupying yourself with more work. So, how can you do that as the committed entrepreneur you are? 

Listen to this podcast episode to find out what the definition of "fakecation" is, and why it's time to institute a No Fakecations Allowed policy -

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As we are two years removed from the Great Lockdown, I have recently found myself struggling to get back into a state of Flow.  I've had some recent life changes, like buying a new (100 year old) house.  With moving to a new area and lots of remodeling projects, I've had a hard time being creative; especially when it comes to making content.  Here's how I'm tackling this hurdle.

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Entrepreneurship is challenging to say the least. Some days it's just downright exhausting. For many entrepreneurs there. There comes a last straw breaking point. Where the conditions are so stressful and so overwhelming. That it just seems impossible to continue.

But for most others, the eventual loss of passion for entrepreneurship. Better known as burnout. Is something slower and more gradual. It's a creeping feeling that grows day after day. And eventually begins to affect your work performance.

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When you work for yourself, though, getting stuck can be very harmful.

When it comes to GETTING UNSTUCK, as entrepreneurs who are in charge of our own work flow and processes, we must be especially resourceful.

Here are 5 strategies to keep in your toolbox.

When you're stuck in a rut, try one of these solutions.

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It feels nice to grab out the hammer and slam that sucker back into the ground as quickly as possible so you can get back to digging yourself out of email jail.

In business, problem resolution is satisfying, but process solving is superior. On this episode, we'll break down the why and how of process solving as a better strategy to keep your sanity.

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In your daily life, you will experience the glow of shiny object syndrome today, tomorrow, or someday. You must first comprehend what it is, why it occurs, and how to deal with it.

When family or friends discuss how work is going, they frequently bring up the most recent news. They describe what is going on and how it affects them.

Unfortunately, many people's descriptions seem like they're suffering from shiny object syndrome (which I'll explain later). Their story reflects their intellectual and emotional fatigue.

Organizations and people (including you) are understandably looking for "it" in the form of ideas, technology, or processes to help them innovate and grow. They may, however, swiftly adopt a solution only to renounce it later.

This is referred to as "shiny object syndrome."

Let's have a look at what we've got. Put your glasses on!

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This issue is known as "time scarcity," and it is one of our society's most common pressures. 

So, what are our options? Unfortunately, there is no simple solution - but there are a few things I've discovered to be really effective. 

Let's start with the problem and then move on to the solution.

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When you're feeling worried and overwhelmed by life's apparently never-ending rotation of duties and responsibilities, the last thing you want to do is do less. 

But, almost always, that's exactly what needs to happen. Similarly, if we can't keep our homes organized, it nearly always indicates we have too many things to try to keep in order, if we can't get through our days without feeling completely overwhelmed, it means we're trying to take on too much at once. Trying to cram too much into your schedule won't help you be more productive. It reduces your productivity.

On this episode, I break down why time mangement hacks don't work, and the ONE thing you need to manage each day.

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The idea of having concrete, achievable goals seems to be deeply ingrained in our culture.

In the past, I’d set a goal or three for the year, and then sub-goals for each month. Then I’d figure out what action steps to take each week and each day, and try to focus my day on those steps.

Unfortunately, it never, ever works out this neatly. We all know this. You know you need to work on an action step, and you try to keep the end goal in mind to motivate yourself. But this action step might be something you dread, and so you procrastinate. You do other work, or you check email or Facebook, or you goof off.

And so your weekly goals and monthly goals get pushed back or side-tracked, and you get discouraged because you have no discipline. And goals are too hard to achieve. So now what? Well, you review your goals and reset them. You create a new set of sub-goals and action plans. You know where you’re going, because you have goals!

Of course, you don’t actually end up getting there. Sometimes you achieve the goal and then you feel amazing. But most of the time you don’t achieve them and you blame it on yourself.

Here’s the secret: the problem isn’t you, it’s the system! Goals as a system are set up for failure.

Today I break down my issues with goals, and a new mindset I'm learning to embrace.

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How often have you heard someone refer to their company as their baby? Maybe you've done that yourself. I've had that same feeling myself and I've had that same viewpoint in the past with past businesses. Given the blood sweat in emotional tears that we pour into our businesses, it seems like a logical analogy, but there comes a time when we have to take a step back, and view our businesses in a different light. 

The early stages of your business growth may require constant attention. When you first start out, it's just like having a kid. I remember when my son was born. I mean, if you're a parent, you understand this. They can't do anything for themselves. You have to do everything for them. But after a certain point of time, you should be able to relax a little bit and especially when it comes to sleep. I remember when my son was born, every two hours he either needed fed or changed. 

But at some point he started sleeping through the night. And I think that we know this was probably like month four or month five, he started sleeping through the night. So at some point they grow up at some point they wipe their own butt. So it's the same mentality we need to take her with our businesses. And today I want to talk about three reasons why you should ditch that mentality that your business is "your baby". 

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