“I just want to go on holiday without anxiety and guilt.”
When I heard that, it hit me hard.
Because I remembered landing at the airport once — on my first vacation in nearly two years — and being greeted by messages from my boss berating me for leaving my team to run my area of the business.
My wife (then girlfriend) asked, “What’s wrong?”
I couldn’t explain it.
But the guilt was real.
And even worse? Business owners do this to themselves.
Not because they take time off.
But because they’ve built a business that collapses without them.
So every holiday becomes a risk.
Every day away feels like betrayal.
They’re not lazy. They’re overcommitted.
They’ve built a job — not a business.
But the path out is real. And it doesn’t take years.
In fact, it can start with 60 seconds.
Take the 60-Second Business Exit Readiness Survey.
And find out if you’ve built a business that supports your freedom —
or shackles it.
No shame. No stress. Just clarity.
You deserve that much.
Cheers,
George
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P.S. I’m not the “systems guy,” “process guy,” or “finance guy.”
I’m the “build real equity in your business” guy—so you can start living your best life now and exit on your own terms later.
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