Looking after ourselves, as well as the people we work with, is one of the key factors when looking at your business through a “triple bottom line” lens.
To borrow a quick paragraph from cultivatingcapital.com:
The “people” part is really about human capital – the people who actually carry out the work of the company, as well as the people who are impacted by the company (this is the part that puts the “social responsibility” in CSR, corporate social responsibility).
As the year winds down, I know a lot of us a scrambling to get things done before tools-down. Just remember life carries on after the holidays, and we can pick most things up in Jan (or Feb, or whenever you come back.
Spend time as a human being, try not to get bogged down as a human doing.
For self-employed creatives, normal business traps are easy to fall into and overcomplicate things - but they’re totally avoidable when flying solo.
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