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INSPIRATION FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS

Summer Slowdown: Perfect Time for Books, Big Ideas, and Bold Strategies

Strategy doesn’t just define what to do, it also defines what not to do. What an analogy for a lazy summer day.

Every year in summer and at Christmas time, the world seems to be coming to a halt. People depart on vacations, and the number of meetings and emails suddenly drops.

What to do with that time of the year?

Departing on vacation like everyone else might be the common answer. Entrepreneurs need rest, too, but there is always something more you can do for the success of your company, and a company is never “finished” in a way a building is finished after construction ends.

So I used the summer break to first retreat to the mountains by myself before I spent some relaxing time off with my family.

Here is what I did when I was alone in the mountains.

Read

In a world of unlimited time, I would probably spend half of my time reading quality magazines and books. In entrepreneurial daily life, I barely have enough time to even read a few interesting articles every week. So I started my summer slowdown by…