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There's also the comic's lifestyle, a recipe for isolation and drug abuse. "Working comedians who do the circuit have to do a lot of travel," says Jenn Berman, a Beverly Hills, Calif. psychotherapist who treats performers. "That makes it hard to stay connected and have intimate relationships." Successful comics, meanwhile, may have plenty of the wrong kind of relationships. "The more money you have, the more handlers you have, the more people whose livelihood depends on pleasing you," Berman says. "Everyone is invested in keeping you happy rather than making you face your demons...
Michele Rugo, MURPHYS, CALIF...
...thing for entrepreneurs to do is to set parameters. They feel so vested that their venture becomes a direct reflection of who they are, and anything short of wild success is perceived as a character flaw," says David Newton, professor of entrepreneurial finance at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif. That's a recipe for the kind of burnout that could not only sink your business but sabotage your personal relationships as well...
Finding the right balance isn't easy. It took Kelly Schandel, an interior designer and lifestyle consultant in Santa Monica, Calif., who used to work in publicity for Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, two years after launching her own business before she could ratchet back on her 70-hour workweek. "It consumed my life. Even if I wasn't in the office or meeting clients, I was at the newsstand reading magazines. It wasn't very financially rewarding, but it's turned the corner," says Schandel, 42, who says she now grosses about $15,000 per month and leaves...
...Aside from cancer, "there's nothing in gynecology that has one treatment," says Dr. William Parker, chair of the obstetrics and gynecology department at Saint John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., and author of A Gynecologist's Second Opinion. "If you're only getting one option, it's likely that your doctor doesn't know how to do the others...