Most (not all) of us work from home. It is the direction the industry has moved. Others still work in a conventional office or a co-working space (which I recently moved to and I highly recommend it). But as entrepreneurs it is difficult to leave work at work. It’s even more difficult when all of your tools are right downstairs in the spare room. If you work at a 7-Eleven it’s easy—there are no cash registers or Slurpee machines at home. Running a travel practice…not so much. But leaving work at work is critical for your health and well-being. Remember Jack Torrance in The Shining? Here are some ideas to help you leave the office behind when your day is done.

On occasion a neighbor or an acquaintance, knowing I am somehow connected to the travel industry, will ask me about a vacation they would like to take. I use those opportunities to refer the person to a rotating selection of travel professionals I know. I tend to use different travel advisors depending on the person’s request. Recently, a neighbor asked me about a trip to Thailand she and her family wanted to take next year. I checked with a travel agent friend to see if he wanted the referral and I then put the two of them together.

Yesterday, months after our original conversation, I ran into my neighbor and asked how the travel planning had progressed. Looking at me a bit sheepishly she said “Well,…

I remember like it was yesterday. I was on an airport bus heading to a downtown San Francisco hotel for a meeting on a sunny afternoon in May. It was the type of day that put San Francisco on the map. Cool and sunny. Not a cloud to be seen. Bustling activity on every street corner. Just perfect.

Looking out the window I spotted a jogger trudging up a hill wearing a sweatshirt that read “ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING.” It was gray with blue letters, which made it stand out. It immediately caught my attention and I remember wanting a sweatshirt like that.

I remember thinking to myself, “Attitude may not be everything, but it is miles ahead of whatever is in second…