How Will Your Small Business Cope With Death
It’s been a while since I’ve had a spare moment to pop in here and do one of my typical brain dumps but business kicked into overdrive back in June and that’s still continuing, Toni spent some time off earlier this month after a knee operation and about the same time her mother passed away.
It wasn’t a sudden passing … unfortunately she spent about three weeks slowly fading away and we spent a lot of that time at the hospital and that put a heck of a strain on our business. Fortunately all our clients were very understanding and in a couple of instances we were able to pass some of our work … the work that Toni and I usually handle ourselves … over to those who work for us (most of them are already working at 100% capacity just like us) and that somehow got us through.
But how would you and your small business cope if you had to spend a very large chunk out of every day at the hospital as a loved one slowly passed away? If your parents are elderly then it’s something that you should be considering because when it happens you’re going to need some contingency plans in place or your business may pass away as well.
Perhaps that all sounds a little insensitive and the time we spent with Toni’s mum wasn’t time that we felt was wasted in any way … it’s important to support a loved one right up to the time they pass. But the strain it puts on your business can be incredible and it really is something you need to be preparing for because it’s inevitable.
