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Excited ideas- Fact: As an entrepreneur, you get inspirations and ideas related to your business that keeps you awake at night.
These gems of success are extremely important and should be written down or entered in your computer.
Solution: Have a notebook at your bedside to write down these gems.
Then transcribe the notes in more detail in the morning on your computer.
The process of writing things down will free your mind of the stress of having to remember the idea and you can get the sleep you need.
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Worries and problems- Fact: These burdens seem to go with the entrepreneurs job.
The understanding and accepting of the risks in building a business is part of the fascination of being an entrepreneur.
These burdens need not keep you awake at night.
Solution: Worries and problems happen when you are not fully educated to the alternatives and options available to you.
Educating yourself will give you the edge needed for your continued success.
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Family matters- Fact: To an entrepreneur family does matter.
Your family may consist of a spouse and children or a cat or dog, who or what is not important.
What matters, is taking care of those you love the most.
Being successful means being able to meet their needs and you lose sleep because of stress.
Solution: Knowing that your family loves you will give you the motivation to do what is necessary.
Also taking time for family communications to keep everyone informed of what is going on in each persons life helps to relax the mood at home.
This also works for those of us who come home to a cat or a dog.
Take your dog for a walk; share a conversation with your dog, the interaction is very rewarding.
When the pressure is relieved sleep will come much easier.
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Unfamiliar surroundings- Fact: When you travel, you sleep in hotel rooms that may not be as comfortable as your own home.
Most hotels pride themselves in understanding that business travelers need quiet rooms and they do their best to accommodate you.
However, the fact is hotels are still unfamiliar.
Solution: If you drove your own car then you can bring something of your own with you on your trip.
Your own pillow and a blanket will be best to give you a sense of something familiar.
Sometimes just keeping a regular routine will bring some familiarity to your trip and help you sleep.
If you usually have your morning coffee while reading the newspaper or watching a recap of a sports event on TV is part of your morning routine, do it while on your trip.
Do things that are comfortable for you and you will relax enough to sleep.
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Sheer exhaustion- Fact: Exhaustion does not cause you to fall asleep easier, usually you are physically and emotionally tense and relaxation is very difficult to achieve.
Solution: The best solution is not to get exhausted to begin with.
By understanding your body and your limits, you will know when you must rest, when enough is enough.
When you have worked enough to feel productive and the satisfaction of being ready to rest will come naturally to you, then good sleep will happen.