Take longer holidays

As mottos go, I'm a great believer of "work hard, play hard". If you get only two or three weeks of holiday a year, you shouldn't spend that time working, especially when time spent out of the office can often be as productive as time at your desk.
A well spent holiday can see you come back to work with a renewed vigour and enthusiasm, or even just a fresh perspective on things. This can be enough to get you the clincher on a deal that you would have never have seen two weeks ago.

Bedouins bring a new twist to the old holiday model. If you have the right kind of job, you can take holidays while you're "on the clock." In other words, you can travel for fun and adventure and keep on working without using up precious holiday allowance if you're employed, or missing vital income if you're self employed or a company director.

I've done it. Last year I spent a month in Europe, backpacking from Roman ruin to Venetian museum, and I never officially took time off. I was able to stay in touch with clients, provide reports and co-ordinate sales strategy. I participated in conference calls and interacted via e-mail. I used hotel Wi-Fi connections and local cybercafes to communicate and Skype to make business calls.

Nobody knew I was relaxing at the foot of the French Alps drinking pastis and watching skiers carve their way down the piste as I replied to their e-mails.

Of course, this may be impossible in your line of work. But you can still be a part-time Bedouin and stretch trips, taking small bits of time off that you otherwise couldn't.

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