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The $100 MBA Show

MBA2332 Q&A Wednesday: I need a break but I can't afford one. What do I do?

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Are you ready for a much-deserved break, but can't seem to find the funds or time to make it happen? Common challenge that many entrepreneurs and business owners face is needing a break but feeling constrained by time and finances.

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0:00.0

Hey, oh, welcome to the $100 MBA show.

0:12.5

No fluff, just the good stuff with our practical business lessons.

0:15.9

I'm your host, your coach, your teacher, Omar, is in home.

0:19.0

I'm also the co-founder of Webinar Ninja, an independent software company I started back in 2014.

0:24.2

And today's episode is Q&A Wednesday.

0:26.4

On Q&A Wednesdays, we answer a question from one of you, one of our listeners.

0:30.3

If you got a question you want to ask, go ahead and email me over at Omar at 100mba.net.

0:36.5

Today's Q&A Wednesday's question is from Maggie and Maggie asks, hey Omar, I am totally burnt

0:41.0

out.

0:41.8

I've been working on my business for the last 18 months straight without a day off.

0:46.5

The business is slowly starting to get traction and we're starting to be profitable.

0:50.8

But I am desperate for a break, but I can't afford one in both time and money.

0:55.6

I love to take two weeks off and just escape to an island somewhere, but I simply can't afford

1:00.5

it. We'd love any advice on how I can recharge at no cost to my business or my wallet.

1:07.9

Maggie, thanks for asking this question. This is not an uncommon question. I get asked

1:11.1

this question a lot. People are burnt out all the time working on their business. And if finances are

1:16.3

tough, finances are tight, time is tight, but they're desperate for a break. In today's lesson,

1:21.2

I'm going to give you some options, okay, because right now you can't afford not to take a break,

1:26.7

because it might cause you to make some mistakes

1:29.3

that are going to not allow your business to continue to grow or continue on the directory

1:33.9

it's on you are a human being we have limits okay and it's amazing that you dedicated yourself to

1:39.7

the business for 18 months no breaks that's incredible. But the benefit you'll get from the recharge

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