This post is about one of my 45-second pitches at my BNI Chapter, BNI City Business. You can read the introduction to this collection here.

This week I was just going for the laugh, distinct from the message. The message was a continuation of the idea from last week (Build a Business that can Thrive Without You): The test whether your business can thrive without you is to take an extended holiday. I had given this advice to a client (after reading it in a book – this is far from my own idea), who had successfully take a month off. I thought it worth sharing.

The private joke was that if my client hadn’t been ready, they could have really hurt their business by taking the break. The people who take my advice…