Book Review
All too often, business owners end up stuck, feeling like the only way to grow is to work harder and harder, but in her book The Vacation Effect for Entrepreneurs, business strategist and lifestyle designer Denise Gosnell has a solution. She shows busy entrepreneurs how to create the free time they crave while growing the business they love.
The Vacation Effect(R) for Entrepreneurs: Grow Your Business Even Faster by Working Less and Having More Fun by Denise M Gosnell provides entrepreneurs with a revolutionary methodology to reconnect with what matters, creating the freedom lifestyle they always wanted. This easy-to-follow guide starts by helping you identify where you are in your business and what your dream lifestyle looks like. Then, learn how to "Grow by Subtraction," using unconventional strategies to expand your business by working less and having more fun.
Denise believes that growing your business should be a joy, not an exhausting struggle. If you dream of living life on your own terms, The Vacation Effect for Entrepreneurs can help you make that dream a reality.
Author Quotes
If you're an entrepreneur, your business should be freeing you, not trapping you.
I had been searching for strategies that would allow me to have a lot more free time in my life for the people and activities that really matter to me, but also keep growing my businesses at the same time.
I wanted both freedom for what really matters and business growth. I didn’t want to have to choose one over the other, like I had always done in the past.
I used to be a workaholic who spent over 80 hours per week growing my companies, until I had a life changing incident that set my priorities straight. The incident motivated me to learn how to design my business around my life instead of designing my life around my business.
About the author
Denise Gosnell is the author and co-author of nine books and the founder of The Vacation Effect, Inc., helping busy entrepreneurs create more freedom than they ever dreamed possible. She has spoken on stage in eight different countries and has been featured in dozens of media outlets, including TV, radio, magazines, podcasts, and more. As a well-known business strategist and attorney, Denise employs her own methodology to own and operate three companies in three totally different industries, working an average of just three days per week. She is passionate about showing busy entrepreneurs how to reclaim their joy and reconnect with the things that matter most.
Why LoA loves it…
Often, being an entrepreneur and running a business whilst also trying to maintain some semblance of family and personal life can be a challenge. There are times when it feels like being a hamster on a wheel, constantly running but never getting to where you need to be in every aspect of your life. There has to be a better way of doing things. In her new book, Denise M Gosnell shows that success doesn’t come as a result of simply working harder and harder until you are burnt out. There is another way of growing a business and having fun at the same time. Denise shares her methodology for making a productive and fulfilling lifestyle work, no matter what the challenges. This is definitely a book worth reading if you are currently battling balance in your life. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo, Lionesses of Africa