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Your Clock Out CEO Checklist for Actually Resting This Holiday Season

If your version of “time off” is scrolling on the couch while mentally auditing your funnel, this episode is your intervention. 🚀

Here's the uncomfortable truth most ambitious course creators won't admit: we've turned rest into another task we're failing at. You promise yourself you'll take time off, but somehow your laptop ends up at every family gathering “just in case.” You tell your family you're present, but your brain is running through your welcome sequence over Christmas lunch. That's not rest—that's fake rest. And it's silently draining the very creativity and capacity you need to build a profitable, sustainable online business.

I've been there. One particular December, I thought I was resting while sneaking in “quick” email checks and mentally planning my January launch. I came back technically rested but emotionally depleted. Everything felt heavier than it needed to. That year taught me something crucial: real rest isn't abandoning your freedom empire—it's how you protect it.

Today I'm walking you through a simple Clock Out CEO Checklist that covers your money, marketing, operations, and boundaries so you can actually put your business to bed for a few weeks. Plus, I'll share a tiny reflection ritual to help you walk into 2026 with more clarity than most people have all year.

“You don't build a freedom empire by learning how to tolerate just a little bit more stress. You build it by learning how to fully be on and then fully be off.” ✨

🔥 In This Episode:

• Discover why rest is a business strategy, not a reward you earn after hitting revenue goals
• Identify the sneaky signs of “fake rest” that keep your nervous system stuck in work mode
• Walk through the Clock Out CEO Checklist to put your business to bed without anxiety
• Use three powerful reflection prompts to set your intentions for a profitable 2026
• Learn what's changing with the podcast in the new year (spoiler: weekly episodes + YouTube!)

Grab your favorite holiday drink and let's make sure you actually enjoy your break this year. ☕️

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Salome

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⏱️ Chapter Guide:

(00:00) The lie most ambitious CEOs believe about when they've “earned” rest 

(01:45) Why your capacity for profit depends on recovery, not hustle 

(04:30) The December that taught me fake rest is worse than no rest at all

(07:15) Fake rest exposed: Are you guilty of these sneaky work-from-couch habits? 

(09:30) Your Clock Out CEO Checklist: Money—keeping the essentials running without obsessing 

(11:45) Marketing minimum viable: Permission to go quiet (yes, really) 

(13:18) Operations and boundaries: The three questions that eliminate fake rest 

(15:28) A tiny reflection ritual: Three prompts to anchor your 2026 intentions

(18:21) Big news: What's changing with the podcast in 2026 

(20:15) Your one-sentence promise to yourself as a CEO

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

＞＞ One-on-One Mentoring with Salome: thelaunchlounge.com/mentorme

＞＞ The Launch Lounge Podcast

＞＞ Other episodes you might like: 333. Still Not Making ‘Quit My Job’ Money? This Might Be Why

＞＞ Other episodes you might like: 332. 3 Signs You're Ready to Scale (And 3 Signs You're Not)

＞＞ Other episodes you might like: 331. If I Had to Start Over Again: What I'd Do Differently in 2026

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