{"id":2162,"date":"2022-07-24T16:12:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T20:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/poconos\/summer-challenge-put-your-phone-down"},"modified":"2022-07-24T16:12:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T20:12:22","slug":"summer-challenge-put-your-phone-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/poconos\/summer-challenge-put-your-phone-down","title":{"rendered":"Summer Challenge: Put Your Phone Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Our last blog talked about the importance of taking time away from your business, but it glossed over something we all struggle with on vacations \u2013 putting your phone down. It\u2019s not about playing a round of Wordle or taking photos of your kids at the beach, but when you pick up your phone to do those things, checking your work emails or texts are just a quick click away. You know you do it – our fingers are almost programmed to open those other apps, even when we don\u2019t really want to.<\/p>\n

So that brings us to the title of this blog. We have a quest for you. If you can\u2019t avoid opening your work emails or checking those texts when you pick up your phone, then it\u2019s time to turn off the notifications on those apps, move them off your home screen or keep your phone in your bag. It\u2019s time to truly \u201cput your phone down.\u201d If there is a true emergency with the business, certainly you can have your second in command call<\/strong> you, right?<\/p>\n

We know what you\u2019re thinking. \u201cIf I check those emails once in the morning, I\u2019ll feel better the rest of the day.\u201d But will you? Or is that opening a can of worms? If your brain is still back at your business, are you truly enjoying that time off<\/a>? Are you giving your whole self to your family or are you splitting it with your business? Being able to reset and recharge means really leaving work behind you. When you founded your business, we\u2019re sure you didn\u2019t also decide to give up every vacation for the rest of your working life. This is really about mindset<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also, if you have systems in place and staff members to run the business in your absence, you need to be able to trust that those managers, employees<\/a> and systems are in place to run things without you. They also need to know you\u2019re really trusting them to run the company while you\u2019re out. If you\u2019re still just a quick text away or replying to emails once or twice a day, they can still turn to you for everyday tasks. It\u2019s like being trusted to watch the house while you\u2019re parents are out, but knowing there are still nanny-cams in every room. You aren\u2019t really gone if you\u2019re not really gone. Besides, building this trust will benefit you long term too. If they can run things for a week without you, what else can they do? Could this be your next step in being able to break the chains that keep you working in your company every day?<\/p>\n

We know there\u2019s a lot to think about in this post and we know you can just pick up and leave until the groundwork has been laid. That said, if you spend your time off not really being off<\/em>, you\u2019re risking business owner burnout and, worse, you\u2019re missing out on time with your loved ones. If there\u2019s anything none of us can afford to lose, it\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

If you need help building those systems and training your staff to run the business \u2013 or you need help reshaping your mindset \u2013 your local Growth Coach can help: https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/find-a-coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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