A 25-year-old entrepreneur feels guilty taking breaks from his growing business, but his mentor pushes back: rest isn't the opposite of work, it's part of it. Vacations let you think clearly and come back with better ideas.
Okay, I need some big bro advice from like 7-figure, big bro advice, figure, even 9-figure entrepreneurs out there. I'm 25, my business is crushing it, got a lot of momentum going forward, but I just took a big vacation and a big break, honestly, in South Beach. Couple days in and I'm just like so hungry to get back to the desk and just start building more momentum. But it's like, what's the point of just work, work, work, work, work, work, work if I never enjoy it? Right? But I also have advice from other mentors that are like, yo, you gotta lock in. Those mentors are wrong. Do nothing for 5 years. So it's something I've been struggling with and just wanted to get it out there on the internet so I could get a sick comment section of just like absolute legends.
Yes, rest. Yes, take vacations. No, you don't have to lock in for 5 years if that means literally never taking time off. Because here's the truth, for people like us, rest equals work. When we rest, that's when we think. When we rest, that's when we reset. When we rest, that's when we reenergize, which means we come back to work with better ideas, with clearer thinking, and with all the energy that we need to execute.
