Peter Lohmann's Podcast Special - How I Took 5 Weeks Away From My Business
Season 2, Bonus Episode of the Owner Occupied podcast with Peter Lohmann & special guest Andy VandenBerg. In this episode we discuss:
(00:00) - Intro
(01:45) - Why Andy wanted to interview Peter
(03:39) - Peter’s relationship with his business partner & hiring a COO
(05:11) - How did the idea for this time off come about and what did you need to do in order to pull it off?
(09:19) - Was there any form of contact during these 5 weeks?
(11:49) - What was the number one thing that needed to be in place for this to happen?
(14:41) - How do you think about putting processes in place that require your judgment?
(19:00) - Do you think it’s relevant for someone other than the owner to take a break like this?
(21:13) - Second Nature Ad
(22:52) - What would you change the next time you take a break like this?
(25:49) - Do you feel like your business was able to thrive while you were gone, or just survive?
(28:03) - How did your employees react when you told them you were taking this break?
(29:51) - Accepting that there would be problems going in & having trust in your team
(33:03) - Andy’s experience with 14 mandatory days off
(34:46) - What was the high level itinerary for the 5 weeks off and what did you hope to achieve?
(40:18) - Did your relationship change with your family during that month?
(40:53) - How would you balance solo time vs. family time if you were to bucket out your time off going forward?
(41:56) - Did you come back to work with a new vision for your relationship with your business?
(48:16) - Thoughts on email and slack batch working
(50:41) - How are you thinking about bucketing out your next time off?
(51:43) - What did your OOO say and did you get any funny responses?
(54:22) - Wrap up & final thoughts
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