Travel has always been said to broaden a person’s outlook, and nowhere is this truer than for individuals who have their own business. The constant pressures and concerns of a business can produce a kind of “tunnel vision’ that can only be dispelled by taking yourself out of the situation into a new environment. Travel not only refreshes your spirit; it can also help to trigger new ways of thinking about products and people.
Travel Reduces Stress
Getting away from the business is often the only sure way to prevent an entrepreneur from stewing over problems and devising new systems. The complete break from everyday concerns helps to reduce stress and allows an entrepreneur to take a fresh look at life and the business.
Travel Puts Your Concerns in Perspective
Business problems and tasks can begin to overwhelm your energy and your life. Travel can put some distance between the problems and your understanding of them, allowing you find new ways to tackle these issues more effectively. The simple act of stepping back from the business can provide better understanding of the big picture.
Travel Forces You To Delegate
Leaving your business to travel ensures that you find and implement others in your organization to take over business tasks while you are away. This measure can help you to see that the business can function smoothly without you, which removes much of the burden from an entrepreneur’s shoulders. Delegating also helps staff to foster their own professional growth, ensuring better employee retention.
Travel Encourages New Ideas
Travel puts you into a whole new environment that allows you to look at the culture and material needs of other populations. This new viewpoint can spark new ideas for products, services and supply methods that can improve the efficiency and bottom line of your business.
Travel Gets You Out of Your Comfort Zone
Some may consider it a hazard of travel, but no trip ever goes exactly to plan. You may find yourself in a position of insecurity about schedule, destination or accommodation that will force you to deal with uncomfortable feelings. As you adapt to the new situation, you will begin to learn more about yourself and how you deal with problems that can help you in the everyday management of your business. Take a solo trip to force yourself to reach out to others.
Travel offers both opportunities and inconveniences that can help you grow as a businessperson and as individual.
http://fortune.com/2016/11/10/how-travel-made-me-a-better-entrepreneur/
