Quebec entrepreneur Nicolas Duvernois announces that he must take a break from his professional activities.
“I need a break, a real break,” he wrote in a column he wrote for the economic publication “Lesaffaires”.
The man behind the success of Pur Vodka and Romeo’s Gin, who has always been transparent about the ups and downs of life as an entrepreneur, confides to his readers that he feels tired, the kind “that never leaves me.”
Like many businessmen, Mr. Duvernois worked hard for many years to ensure the success of his various professional adventures.
“Despite the many signs that life has sent me over the years, I did what I wanted and continued to charge forward at high speed without knowing that I was heading straight into a wall.”
He also admits that the start of the pandemic gave him a hard blow. She “made me lose my bearings,” he writes.
We had to compensate, find solutions. Fatigue set in, but he admits to having ignored it. An entrepreneur like him doesn’t have time for that.
Nicolas Duvernois says that his family and those close to him tried to help him face the truth. His response: “Yes, I’ll take some time for myself, don’t worry.”
After the death of his father-in-law and a stay in hospital linked to severe pneumonia last year, the entrepreneur knew that he was no longer “a shadow of himself”.
Filled with guilt over his performance as a father, spouse, friend or business partner, he says he reduced his schedule this summer to get better. It wasn’t enough.
Now, Mr. Duvernois will take “a real break” for an indefinite period.
“Serene, free and with complete confidence, I am leaving to recharge my batteries, I am leaving to find myself,” he concluded.
