06/03/2026
Stop trying to work harder this summer.
Most entrepreneurs need the opposite.
Every year, I watch people push harder.
More hours.
More meetings.
More content.
More stress.
Then September arrives.
They're exhausted.
Here's the unpopular opinion:
Summer should make your business stronger.
Not weaker.
Why?
Because summer exposes every operational flaw.
You discover:
• What breaks without you
• What depends on you
• What should be automated
• What should be eliminated
That's valuable information.
The goal isn't surviving summer.
The goal is learning from it.
The businesses that grow fastest aren't always the hardest working.
They're the most adaptable.
Pay attention to what summer reveals.
It might be showing you exactly what needs fixing.