#192: Taking time off from (and for) your business - Tash Corbin, Heart-Centred Business Podcast

In today’s episode, I’m going to be talking about taking time off from your business. But I want to warn you, I’m not going to talk about it the same way that other people talk about it! Before I talk about how to take more time off from your business, let’s talk about why. Of course, there are all the usual reasons “why” that are touted by so many people, and yet we still don’t listen to them – such as giving yourself an opportunity to refresh, to re-energise, and to get new perspective. Also, we didn’t start this business so that we could work 16-hour days, seven days a week…and totally burn ourselves out. We created these businesses so that we could also achieve our life goals and our lifestyle goals. And there are all of those “normal reasons” for wanting to take time off from your business… It’s really great for your health and well-being. It’s really great for your relationships. It’s really great for those craft projects or that reading project that you never got around to finishing.   There are so many great benefits for you personally, in taking that time out from your business, but also it’s taking out time taking time out for your business, because ultimately you are your business’ greatest asset, and in taking time out from your business, you are actually nurturing its most valuable asset.   We don’t often think about the bottom line of not taking time out…   What is the cost to your business? What is the cost of you continuing this cycle of working long days, not taking breaks, not getting a rest, losing motivation and finding it harder and harder to get back on the bandwagon when something maybe goes awry in your business as well?   Hopefully you understand why it’s so valuable to your business, to yourself, and all the other facets of your life, to take time out from your business.   So first I will give you all of the “normal steps and strategies” to taking time out.   1. Schedule the time in. Pick a time, pick a date into the future, maybe it’s three months from now or six months from now, book a week off or two weeks off – schedule it into the calendar and make sure that everyone knows it’s coming and prepare yourself for it. Prepare your business for it.   2. Systemise things. Make sure that you have the team members in place to keep things going for you.  Prepare for it by preparing your potential customers and existing customers by telling them “I am closed between this date and this date.” Now that is something that I will be doing for my wedding (some of my team members are coming to my wedding!) so there will be an extended period of time this year when I will be taking time out for my business.  Things will pretty much shut down and that is totally okay as well – we will be prepared for that.   3. Take the leap. Just trust that everything’s going to be okay and act “as if” you’re already living that successful multimillionaire lifestyle.  And this is just your “normal” so just act as if it is totally normal and take that leap.   But I also want to talk about taking time off from your business through a different lens: It’s not all or nothing. It doesn’t have to be this big “all or nothing” decision all of the time.   There are other ways to take time out in your business, and for your business, in ways that don’t necessarily require that ginormous commitment, and all of those other things that I just said would be great things to set you up for that success. Let me know your thoughts via our Text FanMail!Join us in Noosa at the Heart-Centred Business Conference in September!Find out more and secure your ticket at: tashcorbin.com/conference