"you should work towards removing that separation as it will likely improve your life as a whole" ... and possibly destroy your business. It's hard enough to

"you should work towards removing that separation as it will likely improve your life as a whole" ... and possibly destroy your business. It's hard enough to fire a person, but now imagine having to fire someone you spend your off-hours with. Entangling work and personal life basically clouds your ability to view people objectively. "work is just how you support the enjoyable parts of your life" That's not what I'm saying. When you entangle work and personal life, you make it harder for yourself to make the hard decisions.