Cartoon (life considered): do sole operators ever sleep?

Posted by Guy Downes on February 15, 2011 under Cartoons | Read the First Comment

Craig Pearce is a strategic communications professional and a former colleague of mine. He writes consistently on PR and in my view has chiseled out a position for himself as one of the thought leaders on PR in Australia. I use the word ‘chiseled’ because writing insightfully about communications (in your own voice and from the heart) must be like sculpting an artwork out of rock – it takes skill, time, dedication and persistence. 

Today, Craig has posted about life as a sole operator and I provided this cartoon for the story. As a micro business myself, it’s a topic very close to my heart. To be honest, I can’t see myself ever working another way. His post really tackles the advantages and drawbacks of this business model. My cartoon, supporting his themes of ‘making hay while the sun shines’ and ‘feast and famine’ asks: do sole operator’s ever stop working? Can they ever “clock off”?