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May 1, 2017Workaholic? Six tricks to a having a successful holiday
Running a business and having a holiday can be a challenge, but they don’t need to be mutually incompatible.
Here are some great tips I use to enable me to enjoy a holiday, yet still keep on top of business issues:
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Put your holiday dates on your email footer for a fortnight before you go away – so everyone has good notice of your absence.
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Use nudgemail.com. So if you have an email you want to see when you’re back in the office, put that date in the subject line, and forward it to nudge@nudgemail.com. Awesomely easy and effective *
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Use the time away to mull over business ideas. Usually a fresh perspective really helps
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Keep up to date using Flipboard
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If you do use an ‘out of office’ message, don’t miss the opportunity to infuse it with your personality (see the post from 12 July 12 on my facebook page)
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Jot down any new cracking ideas on teuxdeux.com
And, er, use the time to write a new blog or two. Or deux, if you are writing them in France, as indeed I am.
* I so need to warn you of a slight glitch with nudgemail… I had an automated ‘out of office’ message set up, then organised a nudgemail reminder. Sadly, both automated systems happily chatted to each other, responding and counter responding. 2500 emails in one day later, I had to use ‘logmein‘ to remotely change some desktop settings. Oh well, live and learn!
