Here’s the #1 question I used to get when I worked on the front lines of the tourism industry as a whitewater raft guide on some of America’s wildest rivers: What’s your real job?
My reply: This is as real as it gets, buddy.
I was right. Having 8 people in a raft depending on you for survival (and a good time) is a very real, very serious responsibility. But now I compare it to being responsible for other people’s businesses, their livelihoods (also directly related to my livelihood). That’s nothing to sneeze at, either.
This weekend, I’m going to a wedding. These are old friends, people I love, and I can assure you that a great time will be had by all.
Of course, anyone that owns their own business will tell you that there aren’t enough hours in a day. Entrepreneurs are some of the hardest working people you’ll ever meet. And it so happens that a lot of that work falls on, you guessed it, Saturday and Sunday.
This weekend, when my friends get hitched, I’m sure that I’ll be checking in to see what’s going on around Matterhorn, and I’ll try to find some room to get a little work done. That’s the usual M.O. for time away, a necessary part of who we all are in the year almost 2010.
But maybe I won’t. We tell one another to unplug every once in a while, and give in to life. But how often do we actually do it? Are you still giving it your all if you do?
Yes, you are.
(But I’ll still be squeezing a little work in :-)
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