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Part IV  Breathe—and Thrive

“Did you remember to mail that check?”

Your job as owner is to provide leadership and insights,
not manage. With the right people working with you,
stepping away gives them the opportunity to shine, to
build their problem-solving skills, find opportunities, and
stretch themselves.

Exercise: Plan Your Next Vacation

Planning is your best defense against interruptions. Here’s how:
® Review all pending projects and build your vacation into the

schedule.
® Create wide margins around any project (especially IT) and allow

a bumper of two to four weeks on any project, because you don’t
want to be on an island somewhere, with limited Wi-Fi, fixing a
problem from the corner of a bathroom (the only place with a
good signal). Clearly, I’m speaking from experience.

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