Escape.

Escape.

Dear Essentialists,

I just finished a big project. It was tempting to jump back into everything reactively. But I was reminded that: In order to have focus we need to escape to focus.

Here is how to do that this week:

Open your calendar and find every empty time slot you have over the next few weeks and reserve them for time to talk, think, explore, relax and dream.

This is a small step to take back control of your life. 

This theme continued in the "Essential Intervention" with the Kharitidis Family this week on the podcast. They "escaped" to Norway in order to create space to dream up a new life for themselves. Listen and subscribe here.

What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance?

What if, instead, we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying the most important people in our lives?

Thank you, really, for reading this 1-Minute Wednesday.

Greg

Seth Connors

Sr. Manager, Learning and Organizational Development at Enlyte

4 年

So good, Greg! When we focus more on the most important things it's both more productive and sustainable for all.

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Glenda Stanley

Consultant, AHEC Programs and Centers Retired Associate Director, Alabama AHEC Program

4 年

Thank you for sharing!

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Rafael E. Manresa

Fine art photographer, designer, writer, storyteller...

4 年

Thanks, Greg! A great reminder to help break away from traditional personal performance metrics, and for me, to follow my intuition more than my intellect which is driven by acquired mores as to how I must "perform".

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Keith Allen Johns

Charisma Is Crucial To Leadership Excellence - Hone Your Competitive Edge | Elite Performance Coaching for Rising Leaders | TEDx Speaker | Former Tech C-suite

4 年

Similar to your post today Farid Kheloco

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Laurence Methot, PhD, PCC

Leadership is change. How you lead today shapes your future—make it count.

4 年

So inspiring! It is all about focusing on the "important not urgent", right? Of course, the rest of the tasks still needs to be done, yet with more self-awareness on how much time we spend on the "urgent-important"!

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