However, it wasn’t to complain about it, but rather single it out as one of the things he loves most about his gig as an entrepreneur. While most businesspeople dread this issue, Allen counts it as one of his greatest assets. According to him, it’s precisely this very struggle of maintaining relevance that keeps the game interesting for him. 

Currently, Allen is the owner of several businesses, among which a multi-million-dollar security agency, a sports agency and fitness apparel business, a barbershop, and exclusive lounge. All of which, of course, doing very well, and why is that? Might it be because their owner is permanently fighting to keep on top of the game? 

We’d definitely say so. While Allen, in conversation, comes across as very humble and down-to-earth, he’s clearly a very driven and ambitious businessman. 

“Your level of success depends on you and how much work you put in. You can create your own schedule. You can decide what business you want to create; you have the ability to provide opportunities for people. The challenge is to stay current with time.”

That, by the way, was the full list of all the things he loves most about his work as an entrepreneur. And we couldn’t agree more. Although he loves it, Justin Allen isn’t afraid of making unpopular decisions or putting his neck out. Having been his own boss over the past eight years, he’s seen all the nasty sides of entrepreneurship. Endured the difficulties of being the person in charge when things go south. And yet, he has permanently maintained his relevance as a business owner. 

His security business is at the top of its game, his sports agency is one of the most sought after in its field, while his fitness apparel is selling like hot cakes. The Premier Lounge and Premier Cutz enterprise, its own innovative and revolutionizing idea, is set to make a big wave when it finally drops. The hits just keep coming, it would seem. And the one constant, across all of his businesses, is that they are exactly what people want right now. Whether it’s fitness lovers, or just people looking to get a haircut, it seems that Justin Allen truly has a knack for delivering what people need. A knack that any aspiring entrepreneur should try to cultivate early on in their career, if ever they wish to succeed, in the way that Allen has. 

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Yet, there is great value in taking the occasional break, and even more importantly, in recognizing when you need to take that break.

Justin Allen, founder of Executive Security Services (ESS), a highly successful, multi-million dollar security company, had the good grace to answer a few questions for us and it was something he said as a response to one of them that really stuck with us.

We asked Justin what the worst part is about being a self-made man and entrepreneur, in his opinion, and this is what he had to say:

“Understanding when you need to take a break from work. Making the unpopular decisions, letting go of an employee when you know he/she needs the job but its best for the company.”

We agree 100% with the latter part of his answer, of course. Making unpopular decisions and knowing when to let someone go is a grueling, often hated job, and many excellent entrepreneurs and businessmen failed ultimately because they could not do this successfully.

But it was the beginning of his answer that resonated even more with us. The part about knowing when to take a break, which, as we said, is often overlooked in the business world.

And coming as it did from an extraordinarily successful man, we figured it must have quite a bit of significance. Far too often, we push ourselves to exhaustion, managing to work for months on a nearly empty battery, and draining ourselves of all drive, humanity, and creative power.

And while this may seem beneficial in the beginning because we are getting things done, it is usually a folly to any aspiring entrepreneur. See, the issue with running on empty and not giving yourself a break is that it affects your judgment, pushes you to make bad decisions in your work, decisions that can prove to be your downfall later on down the line. It also stops you from thinking clearly and greatly impacts the quality of your ideas and problem-solving skills. When you are in that exhausted, survival mode, you often make sloppy decisions. And sloppy decisions harm both you as a human being and your business.

This has been a creed of ours for an exceedingly long time, and Justin Allen, through his interview, confirmed it. Allen, who doesn’t just run the security service we mentioned, but also is the founder of DA Method Apparel (a fitness clothing and lifestyle brand) and who has many more aces up his sleeve (such as an innovative barbershop/creative lounge and bar combo, coming later this year), clearly knows how to do business well.

And if he tells you that taking a break is important, then you bet it is so.

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