Lost in the Hustle: A Week’s Journey Creating “margin” in your life is impossible if you can’t catch a break or are unable to catch your breath. You have to stop and allow yourself time to think and process. What day do you have to plan? What day is dedicated to thinking and reflecting on […]
Avoid Placing New Activities On Friday
How to Extinguish Your Friday “Fire” How does it make you feel when new tasks arrive on an already too busy Friday? I know what it feels like when someone asks you to do just one more thing on Friday. It’s so frustrating. But what control do you have? You can’t control the tasks coming […]
Take a Slow Walk
We’ve made it to the 9th way to slow your pace. In today’s installment, I want to share a practice that has brought me the balance I need in what would otherwise be a stressful day. If you master this practice, you will not only slow your pace, but regain control of your life. […]
Make Slowing The Pace The Theme For Your Work
A Themed Approach When most of us think of Friday, it usually brings good thoughts and feelings. Most of us look forward to Friday and there’s not much that can happen to ruin it. By default we make Friday a special day. When I see an event or action that tends to bring about […]
Start as Soon as You Get to Work
Why the First Hours are Most Critical Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been discussing how to slow your pace. Mainly, we’ve been talking about how to slow the pace as it implies to the workplace. Keep in mind that while these tips work very well in the workplace, they work in other places […]