As I sit drinking my beer at 3pm… I ask myself if I’m being an escapist or if I’m doing something good for my business?
Maybe I’m just putting up this post so that I can write off my beer as research? Maybe.
The truth is… I think better when I’m relaxed and enjoying life. It’s not that far-fetched.
However, the Puritan work ethic tells me that I lack drive or competitive instinct or something else equally damnable out of the hellbook of Lutheran-Darwinian rigidity.
Whenever I go have coffee with colleagues or happy hour with my woman… we always co-create ideas that end up helping my business.
The hour I spend over a beer saves me hours I’d spend otherwise laboring under the illusion that I can see all of my blind spots. I can’t. I need collaboration. I need other people… and no, an office-based meeting around a white board doesn’t always cut it. Sometimes you need to get out and forget about the mantle of expectations.
It’s not important to go to a happy hour of drinking, per se. It is important to convene with yourself for an hour of happiness.
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“The hour I spend over a beer saves me hours I’d spend otherwise laboring under the illusion that I can see all of my blind spots. I can’t. I need collaboration. I need other people… and no, an office-based meeting around a white board doesn’t always cut it. Sometimes you need to get out and forget about the mantle of expectations.” This is my favorite part of the story….it applies to so much not just business….we NEED each other in this life. Some may need this more than others, but no one has all the answers all the time. Maybe… Read more »