You Deserve a Break Today

As entrepreneurs and creative designers, you work hard. Your jobs are stressful.  The services you perform for your clients are meaningful because you make a significant difference in the quality of many lives.  That's why it is healthy to take a break and recharge your batteries and one of the best ways to re-energize is to travel.   Traveling for business or pleasure gets you away from the showroom and provides opportunities for downtime.  When you take a break, you reduce your stress and improve your mental and physical well-being.

 

Traveling also can be inspiring.  How can you think outside of the box if you never leave the box you are actually in?  When you go to a new city, resort, country or place, you see the world through a different lens.  You look at the same things differently and this can help your creativity when you return home.

 

When you venture to uncharted territories you learn to communicate differently.  Granted, if you travel outside the U.S. citizens in most westernized countries speak English.  But when you encounter someone who does not, you are required to improvise and that's healthy.  As an entrepreneur and designer, improving your communication skills will help you improve relationships with fellow team members and clients.

 

Traveling with family members or in groups provides even more experience opportunities because there are multiple sets of eyes viewing new experiences and others may see things differently than you do.  And when you travel with family, compromises almost always have to be made which strengthens connections and emphasizes the benefits of being selfless.

 

When you travel, the chance of making new friends or potential business contacts skyrockets.  There are DPHA dealer members throughout the United States and most of them would welcome the opportunity to host you in their showrooms.  Every time you visit someone's showroom - whether a dealer, representative or manufacturer - you learn something valuable and new. 

 

When you travel, you greatly increase the time you have to think strategically about your business.  Whether you are skiing in the Rocky Mountains or relaxing on a beach in Mexico, use this time to reflect on where you are and where you are headed.  This time will serve as a brainstorming session where you can think of new ideas to grow your business because you know during the chaos of everyday, more often than not, you make spur-of-the-moment decisions.  Enjoy the summer and take some time off.