Comments on: Vacations Are Important, but Most Founders Do Them Wrong https://www.groovehq.com/blog/vacation-founders Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 By: James McBryan https://www.groovehq.com/blog/vacation-founders#comment-7081 Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:16:18 +0000 https://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=6615#comment-7081 In reply to Alex from Groove.

Thanks for the response Alex! One thing I was talking about with a friend yesterday about taking long off the grid vacation was the exercise of “wrapping things up”. By “wrapping things up” and having to go in to “my company is going to operate without me” forces me into a mindset that “yes, my company can run without me” and “yes I can get out of the day to day if I need to”. Very powerful reminder of that perspective.

]]> By: Alex from Groove https://www.groovehq.com/blog/vacation-founders#comment-7069 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:52:56 +0000 https://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=6615#comment-7069 In reply to James McBryan.

Glad you enjoyed it, James! And great questions there. While there are stages, I’ve always tried to get off the grid anyway I could. Spending time with family and friends and just resetting has always been a game changer for future productivity for me.

]]> By: Alex from Groove https://www.groovehq.com/blog/vacation-founders#comment-7068 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:51:02 +0000 https://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=6615#comment-7068 In reply to SEO 101.

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

]]> By: Alex from Groove https://www.groovehq.com/blog/vacation-founders#comment-7067 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:50:46 +0000 https://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=6615#comment-7067 In reply to George.

You’re probably right, George! US tends to have a much different mentality here…

]]> By: George https://www.groovehq.com/blog/vacation-founders#comment-6904 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:33:33 +0000 https://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=6615#comment-6904 Do you think this may be a very American perspective? In Europe I don’t think that “vacation-ready” is a concept that resonates. Even busy founders would take holidays, although probably less than those on regular jobs in the early years.

]]> By: SEO 101 https://www.groovehq.com/blog/vacation-founders#comment-6889 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:16:00 +0000 https://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=6615#comment-6889 Interesting take on it. Thanks Alex!

]]> By: James McBryan https://www.groovehq.com/blog/vacation-founders#comment-6847 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 10:53:38 +0000 https://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=6615#comment-6847 Thanks for the share! Unfortunately I’m still too small to have that well placed org chart, I still wear multiple hats of the company, so when I do travel I carry my devices in case an emergency happens over my a text message from my team, but it has really never gotten to that. With that said though, I definitely try to recalibrate as well. Deleting apps and having an escalation plan are key to me for unplugging.

Now that I’m a founder of a small growing company, I feel like the types of vacations I go on really has changed. Before I used to be all about destinations and locations. But now I prioritize connecting with old friends and new people when I travel, immersing myself in inspiration of what other people are doing, and just following (instead of leading) others. I’m not sure if that’s just the perspective of getting older or being a founder, but either way fulfillment for vacation has definitely been a moving target for me.

Has anyone else’s vacation priorities changed at all from pre-founder to post-founder stages? How have they changed? How have you filled those voids / fulfilled those priorities?

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