15 entrepreneurs share the personal rules they set to make sure their work doesn't take over their lives
- Adrian Granzella Larssen is a content strategist, editorial director, and founder of Sweet Spot Content, a company that helps early-stage companies and entrepreneurs create engaging content.
- She left her full-time job to start her own consulting business two years ago.
- Becoming your own boss means that you don't have to follow anyone else's rules, she writes. But that also means you have to be responsible for your own work-life boundaries.
- Here, she interviewed 15 founders about the rules they've created for themselves. From working four hours a day to turning off email notifications, here's how they balance themselves out.
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One of the perks of being your own boss is not having to follow anyone else's rules. Don't like going to the office every day? Don't. Want to sleep in until noon before you get to your inbox? Totally fine!
The flip side, of course, is that "no rules" can quickly turn into "no boundaries." And the freedom you initially sought as an entrepreneur is often replaced by work seeping into every area of your life.
Which is why many business owners find themselves creating new rules.
There are the obvious ones - like "stop working by 6" or "put the phone away during dinner" - but these 15 founders have thought even more creatively. Here are the rules that have not only improved their happiness but made them even stronger leaders.