Take time off to make more money

It may sound paradoxical, but sometimes you have to take time off in order to make more money. What?! I find that people who struggle with earning issues never take a full day off. They are working a little bit, all the time. One of the keys to earning more money is to learn how to maximize your time. This means you work when you work and don’t work when you are off. I realize it sounds obvious, but it isn’t. Many self-employed people don’t take enough days off. They simply work too much and never rest. They never allow their batteries to re-charge. Of course they may not be working full days when they are working, which leads back to the pattern of working a little bit, all the time. Have you ever scheduled a day off and then found yourself returning phone calls, checking your work email and doing a little puttering around your office? Don’t! If you schedule a day off, don’t work! When you return, you will be rested, rejuvenated and ready to focus. Action item: Look at your calendar and decide on a “free day”. Promise yourself you will do no business work on that day.

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