How do I actually take a vacation from my business?
Short answer
Pick the date now. Tell the team and the top ten customers four weeks out. Leave one person in charge, not three.
Set it before you're ready
You'll never feel ready. Pick the week, post it on the calendar, tell people. The deadline creates the systems. Without the deadline, you'll keep saying 'next year'.
One captain
One person decides while you're gone, even if it's not perfect. Three people copied on emails is the same as no one in charge. Tell them what they can decide and what's worth a text.
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