I've just returned from an 8 day vacation (I say that, because something about being gone even one day over 1 week makes things more 'serious'!) and am reflecting on how much of a vacation I really got... It's always been very difficult for me to 1) prepare for being away from my business and 2) really BE away from my business when I'm gone!  And my vacation-mates get annoyed at my need to keep connected via email and the 'quick little thing' I have to do to respond to a client's urgent … [Read more...]