I recently went on spring break with the family. I just completed a big project with the UN and Hollywood (which went extremely well – trying to figure out how to communicate this - Demi says hi), and have been engrossed in starting a new company.
So, I made the annual workaholic promise not to open my email while on break with my family. No sneaking to the bathroom. No waking up early with coffee for an email binge. No “kids are in the water” sneak peak. In fact, I waited a full 6 days without checking my email. 6 DAYS!
And guess what…. No one emailed me. Couple spams. Couple facebook requests. Other than that? Hardly any emails.
The question has always been, can you break from email for a full week. Do you have the willpower. But what if you stayed away from email, and NO ONE CARED!!
We greatly underestimate how our work structure/stature contributes to our self esteem, and we greatly overestimate how long this glow of significance will stay with us when we leave.
This is the essence of starting a new business. I realized on that week that while I am hopeful I have great momentum, if I never sent another email about my idea to anyone, it would quickly fade to memory.
No one would care.
Starting a new company can be a very lonely place.
Unless you really believe…
