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When I read articles and comments like the following I get aware of my situation as an entrepreneur.
“The New York Times’s Matt Richtel likens blogging to a white-collar sweat shop business in which workers are forced to slave 24/7 until they drop. In support of this, Matt cites the deaths of Russell Shaw and Marc Orchant and Om Malik’s heart attack.
No denying this is a tough business. But so are a lot of businesses. We suspect if the New York Times broadened its view to “start-ups” or other intensely competitive, high-pressure white-collar work environments like finance, law, or consulting, it would find a similar stress rate. (And not to play down what happened to Russell, Marc, and Om, but is it at least possible that “blogging” wasn’t the problem?).”
This is part of a new blogpost of the Silicon Alley Insider, read the full post here.
As an entrepreneur you become easy your own boss, who treats yourself like no boss would do. No mercy, pressure, no excuses are allowed… That is why it is important to create your own business around your passion.
Every once in a while you need to check in with a coach to be sure you follow your bliss. It is not easy to do that on your own, you don’t have the necessary distance. You add new discoveries where you have energy with and weed the parts of your business you don’t have energy with anymore. Now you are sure on the right track and now you can play fully.
If you need a break to recharge your batteries you automatically do that. If you need a distraction to relax from a task you change the rhythm and become flexible again. Getting out of the office to get a coffee or tea, go home early to play with your kids… Now it starts that the borders of personal life and business life get blurry, leisure time becomes part of business.
That is Zentrepreneurship how my coach Martin Sage calls it.
