Do you use your vacation time? As we near the end of summer, it’s amazing to learn how many people have not taken any time off. Americans take less time off than any other country except for Korea. On the other end of the spectrum is Europe. Europeans are usually out of work about nine weeks, when you add vacation and sick time. That seems like a lot. Maybe we need to find a happy medium. GM has a program that allows workers to buy additional time off. Instead of getting paid while they’re off, workers pay GM. It’s $175 a day, and apparently the employees think it’s worth it. Almost 70 percent bought an additional week. Clark thinks it’s essential to take time off work, not only because it clears your head but it also makes people better workers. If you are not getting around to schedule your vacation, think about having no more days left to take a vacation. Then, maybe you’ll get on the ball.