The Secret to Accomplishing More
Dear Friends,
Do you find it difficult to negotiate the trade-off between work and rest?
It's easy to respond to our unending stream of tasks by simply powering through. Schedule an extra meeting, make one more call, answer just one more email.
While this may seem to be the best way to accomplish our goals, it’s often counterproductive.
Taking time to rest and rejuvenate is an essential part of success.
On this week's episode of the What's Essential podcast, I speak with John Hope Bryant, the founder of Operation HOPE, a nonprofit whose mission is to expand economic opportunity to underserved communities.
With a purpose that important, it’s easy to see why John can find it challenging to take time to rest and recharge. But he also understands it is mission critical. He explains it this way:
“I'm renewing myself. I'm using different muscles...I'm breathing God's air. I'm communing, not with people on Zoom, [but] with nature. I'm not in charge of anything. Whereas in my daily life, I'm in charge of too many things.”
When we fail to take time to recharge, we quickly reach a point of diminishing returns.
Here’s how you can rejuvenate today:
- Select an activity that rejuvenates you (e.g. walking, yoga, meditation)
- Block 30 minutes on your schedule to stop and recharge
As we take time to rest and renew, we will find we accomplish more of what matters with less effort.
With gratitude,
Greg
p.s. Join me and the person who epitomizes what is essential to me: my wife, Anna, in a zoom webinar April 1, 5pm PST/ 8pm EST. This will be a special live event where we will talk about our lives, my new book, and how we try to keep things Effortless.
Register for the webinar by clicking the link here.
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3 年Love this!!
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3 年So true! Consider this....Taking time to relax provides the same benefits to your brain as pushing the restart button does for your computer.