Posts Tagged ‘rest’
3 Simple Ways To Make Sure You Don’t Break In the Crisis
So you’re leading through the biggest crisis in recent history. I’m guessing you feel overwhelmed, not to mention exhausted. You barely have time to read this post. So let me keep this short. We’ve all been through crises before, but none like this. This post is part of a growing crisis leadership series, which you…
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5 Keys to Making Sure Your Christmas Break Doesn’t Break You Or Your Family (A Post for Driven Leaders)
So Christmas break (following your Christmas services) is almost here and you’re trying to take some time off. Ever notice that’s what driven leaders say all the time? I’m going to try to take two weeks off. I’ll try to unplug. I’m trying to relax. We A-types stink at vacation, don’t we? It’s also really tough if you’re married to…
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3 Reasons Why Crazy-Driven, Ambitious-Type Leaders Need to Relax
How good are you at relaxing? As in take a day off every week, and take a vacation once or twice a year and put feet up kind of relaxing? I was terrible at it for years. Many driven leaders find themselves in the same boat. To my mind, rest was for people who just couldn’t…
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How to Avoid Ruining Your Christmas Break (A Post For Driven People)
So Christmas break (following your Christmas services) is almost here and you’re trying to take some time off. Ever notice that’s what driven leaders say all the time? I’m going to try to take two weeks off. I’ll try to unplug. I’m trying to relax. We A-types suck at vacation, don’t we? It also really sucks if you’re married to…
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21 Ways to Overcome Personal Discouragement
Ever get discouraged as a leader? It’s kind of like asking if you have a pulse. If you’ve led anything for more than a few months, you’ve been discouraged. Progress isn’t happening as fast as you like Or may it is happening quickly but you still feel like it’s not fast enough You’re coming off…
Read More 5 Surprisingly Easy Ways to Lead Better at Home
Remember your first date? You were so focused on making a great impression: You thought through where to take her about 1000 times. You were deeply interested in her and listened more than you spoke. You held the door open. You had only kind things to say. You even bought a new shirt. You were…
Read MoreBest Thing…Hardest Thing
I’ve got one of the best things in my life happening in the next few days, and I’m also up against one of the hardest disciplines I face. I’m going on vacation. That’s the best part. Nine days starting today with the famous you-can-only-understand-this-if-you’re-Canadian 22 hour non stop drive to the FLA. Seven nights to…
Read MoreInput v. Output
Most of us are running in top gear a surprising percentage of the time. We feel like we need to do it because we have to accomplish things – even things for God. Question: does your input exceed your output? If you are even a bit driven (like many of us are), you and I…
Read MoreRhythm and Rest
So I’m having a non-productive day today. A great breakfast meeting, but my focus started fading shortly thereafter. No shortage of stuff to do and I don’t even want to take a nap – just not enough focus to accomplish anything significant. Question: do our body and mind ever conspire to force us into time…
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