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Why is it that guilt is an accepted and normal part of a small business owner’s life? I was taking time this past week to reflect on what I would like to improve on in the coming year and the first thing that popped into my head was guilt.

If I take a day off…guilt.

If I go on vacation…guilt.

If I don’t answer a client email immediately…guilt.

Reading a book…guilt.

It seems that every time I don’t do something for the business or I do something specifically for myself, I am overwhelmed by guilt. Why is that?

I associate guilt with failure. If I am not working, I am failing. I am curious if this is a normal feeling for other business owners.

This is something I plan to delve deeper into in 2017. I am going to make it a priority to overcome guilt and embrace me time.

What do you plan to focus on in the coming year?

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I wrote the much-requested, much-anticipated sequel to The Gray Wave: Why Women Are Leaving. Just a week ago, I headed up to the cabin for the first time in months. We’ve owned the cabin for almost 10 years. It’s remote. The driveway requires four-wheel-drive, and if it isn’t maintained, we can’t get to it. For as long as we’ve owned it, I’ve asked for snow plowing to be set up. What’s a Man Gotta Do is live on bodespeaks.com and linked in my bio.

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Your journey, your story; it’s yours to own. Don’t let setbacks or failure define you; opportunity is often disguised as defeat. I love ice cream, Stranger Things and #bigdealenergy

See you at 3:30 pm for the Big Deal Energy Q&A. 1 hour, 2 or 4 dogs, lots of fun and some inevitable hijinks. Go to bodespeaks.com to register or check my story.

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See you at 3:30 pm for the Big Deal Energy Q&A. 1 hour, 2 or 4 dogs, lots of fun and some inevitable hijinks. Go to bodespeaks.com to register or check my story.
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