5 Days I NEVER book In My Landscaping Business
How many business days do you have in a week?
As I run my landscaping business, I’ve learned the importance of taking some time off to rest and recharge. So I book days on my calendar and spend more time with my family.
It has tremendously helped me, for I could work without burnout. That’s why I share my five emergency days in this episode and why they’re important. Because same as how important your business is, your health and well-being should also matter.
Tune in and learn from this episode.
“Find out what your days are that you’re going to be taking off or you can’t do stuff, and book out days before that. Do not book customers on those days. It’s tempting when you’re with a customer, and they want us to do a $3,500 or $10,000 job right now, and you’re making that promise to a customer. That’s risky business because you’re banking on the hope that everything’s gonna go perfect; that it’s not going to rain, there won’t be equipment failures and breakdowns and everything, and that doesn’t happen; a perfect world.”
– Keith Kalfas
Why do you have to listen to today's episode.
01:02 – Have emergency days on your calendar. Not having these can eventually lead to a hurt business.
01:52 – I take the whole week off on the fourth of July – the end of the business’ 100 days of hell.
04:27 – The Parkinson’s Law says that whatever space you give something, it will fill. The same thing happens in business.
06:59 – It’s tempting when a customer asks for an urgent $10,000 job, but make sure not to book customers on your emergency days.
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Key Takeaways
“What we do is we take the entire week off. The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh – whatever the fourth lands on, we take that whole. Let’s say the fourth ends up Tuesday. We take the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth – all the way through Sunday off, then we come back to work the following Monday. I take a week off, and whoever’s working for me gets a week off as well. That way, we don’t burn out.”
“I’ve learned that I need to take some time off and spend it with my family because if you don’t take some time off and go on a little whatever canoe trip, it’s not good.”
“I’ve learned now that no matter what, there’s always going to be more customers that want stuff done.”
Connect with Keith
Resources/People Mentioned:
My Website: Official Site Keith Kalfas
My Podcast Page: The UNTRAPPED Podcast
My Events Page: https://www.keithkalfas.com/events
Nashville, Tennessee
August 17th to 19th
Window cleaners, pressure/soft washers, and landscapers
Go to https://www.keithkalfas.com/events and save 25 bucks off your ticket.
GIE+Expo
October 20
Go to https://www.keithkalfas.com/events for discounts as well.
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