Happy Christmas

15th December 2011

Christmas is fast approaching (in case you hadn’t noticed) and I have to say I am greatly looking forward to it.
One of the main reasons I started my own business was to be able to spend more time with my family, and watch them grow up, and of course Christmas is traditionally one of the great times for all that. Also this year our youngest has finally got beyond the stage of believing in Father Christmas, so we no longer have to stay up to some unearthly hour, and try to deliver a stocking without waking her up (nigh on impossible in any case, as she seems to sleep with at least one eye open on Christmas Eve)!

So it is a time to unwind, a time to reflect, a time to plan, but for all business owners, to remember why you started running your own business. For many, or perhaps most of you, one of your reasons may well have been like mine. Have some family time, get away from the business for a while, and really relax and unwind. I know that we are all “under the cosh” at the moment, but nevertheless, don’t lose sight of this, and make sure that you give yourself a break this Christmas.

So no business advice this week, except to switch off and forget it for a week or so. I, no doubt, will eat too much, drink too much, and have great fun with the family, though I am wary of being made to join in the dance game on the Wii. Apparently I will be made into an object of ridicule by my children – no change there then1

Have a great Christmas, and let’s start 2012 refreshed with a really positive outlook for the future.

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