“Everyone needs some Time Out”
Many of you commented on last months newsletter and the challenge of being too busy to block time for yourself in your Calendars.
This months we continue by encouraging everyone to take some time out. Time to refocus on the positives and look forward with renewed energy for the next half of the year.
All the Best
Damian and the team at MindStore Australia.
Use MindStore’s toolkit to be creative like Picasso
Several people who contacted us last month were challenged by May’s newsletter, regarding blocking time to think in their Calender.
I understand for many this is challenging, its different and it requires a change of thinking.
And that’s exactly WHY we all need to do it.
We all know the quote “Change your thinking, Change your life”.
If we don’t or won’t change, how can we expect things to be different.
With the cooler weather in many parts of Australia in the evening instead of reaching for the remote control, Why not have a TIME OUT…
not a chocolate bar, but some time out for you.
Everyone needs time to recharge, to review, to reassess and to reflect.
With the focus in business on the upcoming end of financial year, its an ideal time to take this time out for yourself.
Challenge yourself to sit in your bedroom and close your eyes, focus on your breathing, concentrate on breathing and resist the tendency for your mind to “wander” manage your thinking. Your Mind is a huge Store for Creative Innovative thinking, practise accessing it for improved quality time to recharge, to review your day to see that you did the best you could and to reassess your next day and reflect on how you could think, listen and act with greater clarity to achieve more.
Remember its true ” Everyone needs some time out”
Book Review:
Drive- The surprising truth about what motivates us by Daniel Pink
This is an ideal book to dip in and out of after your TIME OUT time.
Enlightening and full of ideas about changing our thinking and how we are motivated to achieve more.
To find out more or order the book click on the link: http://www.danpink.com/drive
And Finally……….
“Poirot, ” I said ” I have been thinking”
“An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it” Poirot responds.
Agatha Christie, Pearl at End House
Think … before saying Yes to a meeting request
Many of you will remember that last month was about great quotes to inspire Innovation.
This months thought is about being Mindful in May. In a short example consider making time to think about your appointments Calendar and maybe blocking out some time to THINK. Sounds radical I hear you say!
Welcome also to everyone from the Miners Health and Wellbeing Conference who have joined our Newsletter this month.
Finally I trust you are all going to motivate yourselves to make time to have a Magnificent May!
THINK….
THINK….
THINK
Ever heard yourself or collegues saying ” I don’t have time to think” or “I can’t hear myself think”
As you can imagine, your not alone. Often when working with clients a common issue people raise is their work Calendar. Meeting after meeting seems inevitable. As this is May how about thinking about being more Mindful of your Calendar.
Dare yourself to say NO to a meeting request, and use that time for reflection on current challenges with space to THINK.
Also challenge yourself to think about each appointment before accepting it.
Is it carved in stone, who set it for you?
How many do we attend even when others in our team attend?
Do we attend because in our organisations culture, everyone needs to know everything?
Do we believe that if someone thinks we are needed in a meeting, we cannot turn it down, we are leaders so we must be required?
Why not open your calendar, take a deep breath and pause for a moment, do you feel your chest, neck or stomach tighten just by looking at the volume of appointments. What is that telling us, if we listen? Is it good for us?
Is this the best use of our time? Are we effective leaders if we allow ourselves to be in 8 meetings a day 5 days a week. Where do we have space to lead, to think differently, to innovate.
How different would your week be if you questioned the volume of meetings, delegated more, intentionally left spaces in your week for connecting with colleagues and reports face to face. What do you feel the impact would be if you made space in your day to ask if there was better ways to do things, more productively, more socially responsible, more profitably?
As Wayne Dyer said “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
Book of the Month:
Use Your Head by Tony Buzan
Several people asked about MindMaps after last months Newsletter. So here is an easy to read book by the inventor of Mindmaps. Full of great examples and easy ways to develop this great tool yourself.
Here is a link to the book:
http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Use-Your-Head-Tony-Buzan/9781406644272
A final thought……….. |
| “Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occassional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be gained from each new vantage point” Unknown
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