It’s August, most of the northern hemisphere is on vacation except restaurateurs.
Long exhausting days are the norm. Restaurateurs love their work so it is a lot of fun to work fifteen hour days, seven days a week. The convention is in town, were short staffed, we booked this big party, till we get to a certain daily revenue, minimize costs, and my personal favorite “If I do not do it”, all valid reasons why we work and work and work.
The body and mind need Sabbath (rest). Your effectiveness, usefulness and judgment drop precipitously the longer you go without rest. Going on a week long vacation is out of the question for an overstressed, overworked struggling restaurateur, however day a off or shudder thought the thought, two days off in a row is doable. Create a habit today, to take one day off a week minimum. The viability of your enterprise requires that your cognitive abilities be sharp. You will not recognize opportunity or diagnosis area’s that need improvement if you are habitually exhausted. Long hours have an uncanny ability to narrow your focus (tunnel vision). Long uninterrupted hours will have you searching for trees in the midst of a forest. Companies now routinely require their employees to take their vacation time, no exceptions. The employees who rest, are more productive, have higher sociability ratings, more positive than those who consume themselves with work.
Today is August 1…take the day off! Make it a weekly habit
