March 28, 2016
Does “play time” or “me time” seem sinful luxury? An informal survey of women business owners indicates that play time isn’t just essential to your health—it can boost your bottom line. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 99% of all small businesses have 20 or fewer employees, which often means owner-controlled. But control has a price: the owner’s difficulty letting go so the business can run itself. It can take a family crisis to force an owner to step back from the business and let others run it for her. This happened to Paige Arnof-Fenn, former Marketing VP for Zipcar and Founder of Mavens & Moguls, a marketing consulting firm. In her first 5 years, she worked non-stop. “I thought if I went on vacation, everything would unravel,” she said. In 2008, she traveled frequently to Rochester to accompany her mother to chemotherapy treatments. “After returning home, I saw I hadn’t followed up on proposals,” she relates. “Ugh. I called the CEOs anyway. One said, ‘Thanks for giving me time to digest your proposal. I…
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