10 Things to Do During Your Summer Vacation
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1. Rest. We all need it, so don’t feel guilty and enjoy the slower pace that summer brings. I love sleeping in until 8am, instead of my normal 5:30am wake up call to get my son off to school! Get to bed early when you can and try not to turn on the news before bed time.
2. Relax. You will be able to relax when you’re well rested – it may take a day or
two, before you get in the groove, but you will. Take deep breaths and slow your
mind. Allow it to be open to new ideas when you’re ready to receive them.
3. Catch up with friends and family. Have a simple pot-luck cookout or picnic and
re-connect with those you love and don’t see as often as you’d like. Keep it simple
and impromptu – sometimes those are the best times we can share with each other.
4. Visit a new place you haven’t been to before. There are many beautiful places
around you that you probably have not taken the time to see or visit. Do so now. It
will enlighten you to your local surroundings and provide you with food for thought
when generating new ideas for your personal and business life.
5. Read a book, or two or three. Summer is the best time to give yourself permission
to read for pleasure. It’s great to read a good business book, but the books that allow
you to put yourself into someone else’s world are wonderful escapes that can leave
you rejuvenated and intrigued.
6. Leave your PDA at home. There are so many electronic devices we need to
respond to, there’s something to be said for shutting them all down on occasion.
Remember, most people are taking time off now, too, so there’s probably nothing very
urgent you need to be responding to – unless you’re a physician on call, so leave
the gizmos at home when you hit the beach.
7. Attend a conference or convention you’ve been wanting to participate in. For
me, David Neagles’ seminar came up quickly and I seized the moment! I already had
the other convention on my calendar and it was serendipity that they didn’t overlap,
but dovetailed into one another. I return home and am alone for a couple of days,
before I collect my three children and get ready for school!
8. Reflect on the year so far. Summertime is a great mid-point to the year that allows
you to take note of your accomplishments to date and re-visit some of the things
you’d like to continue to pursue in the months to come, or before the end of the year –
just in time for those infamous resolutions.
9. Sit on the beach and listen to an audio book. If you’re compelled to fill your mind
with more business development information, a How To CD program might be just the
thing? Resist the urge to take notes while listening. Close your eyes and take in
what you can. If something strikes a chord with you, that’s what you were meant to
hear.
10. Set some Back to School, Back to Business Goals for yourself. Before Labor
Day comes around, write down a list of things you’d like to do this fall and beginning
of winter. Have map, will travel. Make some decisions and start the academic year
off with a bang! People are most motivated to start new projects in the fall and the
New Year because of our past conditioning with school, etc. Try it for yourself and
look at your list come Thanksgiving. I’ll be you’ll have a lot to be thankful for.
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About the Author: Nancy Michaels RSS for Nancy's articles - Visit Nancy's website Is the author of five books on marketing for small businesses, including Perfecting Your Pitch, (Career Press 2005) Off The Wall Marketing Ideas, (Adams Media 2000), How To Be A Big Fish In Any Pond, Media Madness, and A to Z to Visibility Served as Small Business Editor at US News & World Report, and the Small Business Marketing Expert for Entrepreneur Magazine. She is a regular contributor to Franchise Update and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Small Business (FSB), Success Magazine, The New York Post, Franchising Magazine, among numerous other publications Nancy also was the publicist for Matt Lauer (currently co-host of the Today show) Nancy is the President of her marketing company, Impression Impact, which she launched in 1990 and Founder of the Grow Your Business Network In the spring of 2005, Nancy became very ill and underwent a liver transplant due to liver failure. She is the grateful recipient of a donor liver. Find out how you can become a donor at www.organdonor.gov. Click here to visit Nancy's website. 10 Secrets to Pruning Your List 10 Things to Do During Your Summer Vacation Your Ideal Client Profile Ways to Best Reach Connect with Them Top 10 Tips for Being Persistent Bridging the Gap between Your Prospects Your Offerings |
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