Take Care of Yourself

You met payroll for your staff.

You made all the deadlines on your accounts payable.

You have enough inventory (but not too much).

You made much-needed upgrades to your computer system.

That’s wonderful.

Now what about you?

Did you pay yourself?

Did you pay yourself enough? We find that a lot of business owners become sheepish about looking after themselves. But if you don’t do it, nobody else will.

We’re certainly not encouraging you to compensate yourself at the expense of the items listed above, but we also don’t want you to forget about yourself. We want you to be successful. We want you to have the life you dreamed of and aimed for when you built this company. We want you to save for retirement — and not just any retirement, but the kind of retirement that involves tee times and little umbrellas in your drinks and the sort of charitable contributions that get buildings named after you.

Can you see it? Good. Now start taking steps to get there. And don’t be afraid to ask for help if you need a nudge in the right direction.