A new poll conducted by Staples of 300 small business owners in America with less than 20 employees found that they are working long hours, take little vacation time, and cannot distinguish between working hours and time off.
Some of the survey results are:
Always On Email
Some of the survey results are:
Always On Email
- 18% read work-related emails in the bathroom and 49% read them while driving
- 62% work well beyond a 40 hour work week
- 21% work over 80 hours peer week
- Business growth
- Added responsibility
- Trying to keep up
- 21% work while eating dinner at least 4-5 times per week
- 37% could not readily remember their last vacation
- Of those who did vacation, nearly half admitted to working during some portion of it
- 68% work on days off, checking e-mail, voicemail or making work-related calls
- 66% work after hours and at night
- 51% work on holidays
- 47% work during what is supposed to be family time
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1 Comments:
Great stats. I'm curious where the study was done. Could you share it?
I've found that this phenomenon has to do with the 3 Success Killers I teach:
Bright, Shiny Object Syndrome
Super Hero Syndrome
Multiple Train Syndrome
What ends up happening is we have so many great ideas and aggressive ambitions but a complete lack of realistic expectations.
What if all of your great ideas were filtered through your "high payoff formula" so you always knew the best place to focus in your business?
Personally, I work a 3 - 4 day work week, travel 6 - 10 times a year for fun, and have a virtual team across the nation who helps me implement my big ideas.
I no longer feel overworked and I have found that learning where you get yourself overwhelmed with too many ideas can be the key.
Much success to all,
Melanie Benson Strick
The Entrepreneur's Success Coach
www.successconnections.com
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