Feb 26, 2010

Why you should hate a weekend!

I was reminded today of something Dad used to say...

I was talking about as a business owner you live your business rather than work Monday to Friday...probably a vast generalisation but hey!

Dad once said to me

"You should never have a weekend Anna" I looked and said "Hey Dad we do need to recharge the batteries"

He said "You heard weekend. I said weak end. Always try and finish the week on the up, don't wind down until you leave. Fridays should be about having a strong end to the week as it lifts your mood

1) To enjoy the time off

2) To look forward to coming back on Monday

So work hard for 5 days then make it a 'strong end' so that you can relax and look forward to achieving even greater things next week"

Just love the idea....

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26 Feb 2010 19:50:56 | Motivation

3 Comments

Justin

Those are great words of wisdom. Far too many people live to work instead of the other way around and they miss far too much. I bust my tail Monday through Friday and you better believe I relax or party on the weekend without even having work cross my mind! When I come back every Monday, I'm more than ready.

Posted by: Justin | Mar 01, 2010 at 08:35 PM

Nicole Aspen

I loved your story..Inspiring I would say!
It is something like, "don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today" isn't it?

BTW, Monday is the hardest day of my week! :)

Posted by: Nicole Aspen | Mar 11, 2010 at 01:14 PM

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