I could say what I want to say to my boss or my employees without fear of what they might think.
I could dance like nobody was watching and single like nobody is listening.
And a million other things.
Some even hold it up like a badge or a flag they climbed up a mountain to plant.
“ I don’t care what anyone thinks!”
Read MoreLocation guilt seems to be the thing we’re talking about when we say work life balance
When we are at home we should be at work when at work we should be at home and that’s without throwing fitness and friends into the mix.
We end up only seeing friends that fit the formula and doing exercise that does too.
It can be like a constant battle for good enough or avoiding too many arguments or criticism.
Read MoreThe members and clientele were people I had created personal relationships with many of them for years before. Recently though a mass of members had joined that treated the place and people in it disrespectfully. I couldn’t see a way out, I felt like it was going to be a long journey what ever plan I created.
There is no such thing as a quick fix though right? Anything worth having takes time... right?
WRONG
Read MoreWe did this thing when I was a kid when we sat down to eat as a family where we would thank God for our food before we ate.
I never completely understood why and I was never completely comfortable doing it but clearly made an impact on me. This was a practise recommended in the Bible.
Regardless of whether you believe in a God or not for a book to survive as long as it has is pretty mind blowing and it is clearly packed with wisdom. It got me thinking about gratitude.
We seem to have created a way of thinking that tells us that time is a more primary part of change than it is. We might say that it takes a lot of time to build a house or it take a long time to build a business or a relationship or a life.
But really those are all process driven. It takes the time those processes take, the quality of those processes, multiplied by the speed of execution.
I couldn’t imagine not doing those things, but it’s more than just doing them.
They were outpourings of who I am or even facts of the world. I can’t stress this detail enough. I literally saw them as like limbs. Extensions of myself. It was only perhaps in fleeting moments when I didn’t...
Read MoreOkay, first and foremost I am not making light here. I’m not suggesting that I am happy about what has happened. Neither am I suggesting that no businesses have fallen victim to the current or future side effects or what’s happening at the moment.
However, there were 5 things that were important before this that have now significantly increased in importance and that I believe is a good thing.
In fact they were ALWAYS the most important things but now and going forward their consequences will result in more rapid and undesirable feedback.
Read MoreImagine this. A three-year-old girl returns home from nursery one day with a piece of artwork she has created.
Mum and dad take the piece of artwork, look at it, and say "wow, that's amazing, I love it, I'm so proud of you. come here give me a hug. You are just brilliant”.
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