Loneliness in the workplace as a small business owner can lead to a decline in productivity. Fortunately, there are ways to combat the loneliness. Foremost among those is building community and relationships by co renting a work space with other small business owners, making house calls to your clients, drawing boundaries for work hours and deliberately making time for family and pets. All of these things can create a supportive framework for the small business owner and increase productivity.
Key Takeaways:
- Co-working is a hot modern concept in which individuals can pay a small fee to work in a shared office space with other like-minded business folk.
- There are thousands of business networking groups out there, giving entrepreneurs a whole host of opportunities to socialize, ask for after-hours help or receive impartial, constructive criticism from others.
- Although you work in a non-traditional way, you should still try to establish set office hours and give yourself deadlines like you would have in any other job.
“a significant amount of solo entrepreneurs find themselves feeling exceptionally lonely after making the switch from employee to one-man-band.”
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