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| Take time off to unwind! Heal the fatigue |
WHAT IS FATIGUE?
Fatigue is a mental state of being tired and weak.
Starting a business is very exciting work. However, the business can sometimes die in the hands of the very person or people that started it. The reasons are explained before, so as you read, ensure that you avoid making the mistakes mentioned below.
Most small and medium enterprise owners tend to do every business task by themselves for long hours. This is partly because the cost of employing more and extra workers to reduce work load and ease work is very high and not sustainable for most small and medium enterprises in Uganda.
This makes entrepreneurs quickly tire, makes them stressed and as a result they end up lashing out at valued clients, missing out critical datelines, causing customers to lose valuable time and the business owner to incur unnecessary costs as a result of fixing fatigue errors.
WHAT IS FATIGUE?
Fatigue is a mental state of being tired and weak.
How can a business person tell that he or she is fatigued? It is important to ascertain the way that the business owner is executing his or her duties and find out the following:
Is that person,
1. Not paying attention to client needs?
2. Directing anger unreasonably at colleagues?
3. Resisting change?
4. Overlooking small and important business details?
5. Doing completely nothing?
6. Dodging decisions?
7. Being forgetful and cranky?
That person may be fatigued.
A person who is operating under fatigue may be more harmful to the business than beneficial. Therefore it is more important to identify the problem and come up with a solution, whether you are the business owner or an employee who notices your boss is fatigued.
HOW TO OVERCOME BUSINESS FATIGUE
1. Look for business aspects that do not require expertise such as mailing and get assistant.
2. Take good care of your self
3. Take some time off, maybe a day. You can also take a periodical break, for example once every month take a 3 day weekend to refresh yourself (if you are the business owner)..
4. Always have enough sleep
5. Distribute work strategically outside your skill set (if you are the business owner) and trust employees with more responsibility.
