Unlocking Creativity: How Taking a Vacation Can Boost Business Success

Name: Unlocking Creativity: How Taking a Vacation Can Boost Business Success
Uploaded: 2024-04-23T13:02:39+00:00
Duration: 59 s
Channel: Jason M. Lemkin
Description: Jason M. Lemkin argues founders need real vacations to stay creative. He recommends the 2+2 model (two weeks on, two weeks off) and solo trips lasting…

23 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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Jason M. Lemkin argues founders need real vacations to stay creative. He recommends the 2+2 model (two weeks on, two weeks off) and solo trips lasting about a week with minimal email and no laptop. His breaks in Palm Springs, Napa, and Spain helped him reset and return sharper to his business.

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The second one, I do actually think we've gotten slightly better at, but take a vacation. And in fact, take a vacation every year and every few years, take what I call a 2+2 vacation. And in the old days, founders never took vacations. I actually find that folks take vacations now. It's just in the area of constant social media and even worse business social media, LinkedIn and Twitter. We, we never take a break. So if you can somehow take a vacation. What I used to do and then stopped doing and then did again was a solo-cation. Solo-cation. I know this sounds wacky, guys, but it really works. I would go, go somewhere all by myself and get bored and get bored and not check email. I would check a little bit mobile. Okay. I mean, you can't, you can't avoid it these days, but I would only bring an iPad, not a laptop. And I would check out for just one week, one week. I did Palm Springs. I did Napa. I actually did Spain when Point Nine had a founder event. I just went there and decompressed. I did 4 of these. Uh, and then I did, uh, Pacific Beach in San Diego and they were great. They were great.