WORKSHIFTER - Dispatches from the New Executive Frontier

This Tuesday's Wall Street Journal ran an excellent article by Sarah Needleman about the time commitments required by solopreneurs, consultants, independent contractors and freelancers. Needleman's interviews indicated that self-employed professionals are struggling to carve out vacation time or even be away from their mobile devices for fear of missing even one business lead given the fierce competition for freelance work during this recession.  Some of these professionals find success in limiting their time off to long weekends or tacking a day off onto a holiday to recharge and prevent burnout, yet checking email and messages periodically to respond to client needs and emergencies.  Other strategies are to enlist a trusted peer to fill in for them or outsource work to a qualified colleague, a service Epoch offers.  Whatever strategy you decide on, I wish you all some well-deserved time off during these last weeks of summer!   

Needleman's full article article is available on the Wall Street Journal website at:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124935067214603495.html.