Rethinking Rest: 4 Strategies To Sustain Peak Leadership Performance

welcome to the car newoff leadership welcome to the car newoff leadership podcast today something different a podcast today something different a podcast today something different a brand new experimental format on the brand new experimental format on the brand new experimental format on the podcast hey we're approaching a decade podcast hey we're approaching a decade podcast hey we're approaching a decade might as well do something different and might as well do something different and might as well do something different and on this episode I'm going to share some on this episode I'm going to share some on this episode I'm going to share some thoughts some ideas and some teaching I thoughts some ideas and some teaching I thoughts some ideas and some teaching I suppose you can call it there's no guest suppose you can call it there's no guest suppose you can call it there's no guest it's just me now these episodes are it's just me now these episodes are it's just me now these episodes are going to be a lot shorter as usual I going to be a lot shorter as usual I going to be a lot shorter as usual I hope it helps you thrive in life and hope it helps you thrive in life and hope it helps you thrive in life and Leadership so what are we going to talk Leadership so what are we going to talk Leadership so what are we going to talk about today well your summer break is about today well your summer break is about today well your summer break is coming up and to that point today on the coming up and to that point today on the coming up and to that point today on the podcast I want to help you rethink rest podcast I want to help you rethink rest podcast I want to help you rethink rest there is so much being said these days there is so much being said these days there is so much being said these days about rest rest is good but I'm going to about rest rest is good but I'm going to about rest rest is good but I'm going to tell you why it's not enough and why it tell you why it's not enough and why it tell you why it's not enough and why it doesn't work and I'll give you four key doesn't work and I'll give you four key doesn't work and I'll give you four key strategies to sustain Peak leadership strategies to sustain Peak leadership strategies to sustain Peak leadership performance beyond the summer break and performance beyond the summer break and performance beyond the summer break and here's why okay summer vacations are here's why okay summer vacations are here's why okay summer vacations are breaks I'm going to take one too but for breaks I'm going to take one too but for breaks I'm going to take one too but for so many leaders time off doesn't fully so many leaders time off doesn't fully so many leaders time off doesn't fully refuel them they come back and minutes refuel them they come back and minutes refuel them they come back and minutes after they return they're exhausted I after they return they're exhausted I after they return they're exhausted I mean you've probably had that happen mean you've probably had that happen mean you've probably had that happen before I've had it happen before we'll before I've had it happen before we'll before I've had it happen before we'll look at why that happens and then I'm look at why that happens and then I'm look at why that happens and then I'm going to share with you four strategies going to share with you four strategies going to share with you four strategies to help you sustain Peak Performance to help you sustain Peak Performance to help you sustain Peak Performance when you're back so you can feel as good when you're back so you can feel as good when you're back so you can feel as good or almost as good as you did on your or almost as good as you did on your or almost as good as you did on your summer vacation okay does that sound summer vacation okay does that sound summer vacation okay does that sound good because that's what we're going to good because that's what we're going to good because that's what we're going to do in this podcast now in this episode do in this podcast now in this episode do in this podcast now in this episode I'm going to be talking a lot about your I'm going to be talking a lot about your I'm going to be talking a lot about your time your energy and your priorities and time your energy and your priorities and time your energy and your priorities and that's something I cover extensively in that's something I cover extensively in that's something I cover extensively in in my course at your best and if any of

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report that burnout typically sets in report that burnout typically sets in immediately after returning from their immediately after returning from their immediately after returning from their time off while 50% indicate it occurs time off while 50% indicate it occurs time off while 50% indicate it occurs within one week of returning okay you within one week of returning okay you within one week of returning okay you tracking with that like you take a week tracking with that like you take a week tracking with that like you take a week off two weeks off three weeks off you off two weeks off three weeks off you off two weeks off three weeks off you come back almost half of Americans they come back almost half of Americans they come back almost half of Americans they say they're burned out and for those who say they're burned out and for those who say they're burned out and for those who feel that way 50% say it happens in the feel that way 50% say it happens in the feel that way 50% say it happens in the first week it's like my whole vacation first week it's like my whole vacation first week it's like my whole vacation vaporized and I am familiar with vaporized and I am familiar with vaporized and I am familiar with phenomena uh before I burned out I was phenomena uh before I burned out I was phenomena uh before I burned out I was about a decade into leadership uh you about a decade into leadership uh you about a decade into leadership uh you know for the first few years I was like know for the first few years I was like know for the first few years I was like I don't want to take any time off I I don't want to take any time off I I don't want to take any time off I can't afford it so I'd take like five can't afford it so I'd take like five can't afford it so I'd take like five days and then come back and preach the days and then come back and preach the days and then come back and preach the weekend when I was leading a church and weekend when I was leading a church and weekend when I was leading a church and then I thought you know my wife made then I thought you know my wife made then I thought you know my wife made some sense and she said hey you need to some sense and she said hey you need to some sense and she said hey you need to really take some time off so I would really take some time off so I would really take some time off so I would take a week off and then I grew it to take a week off and then I grew it to take a week off and then I grew it to two and then three and I thought okay two and then three and I thought okay two and then three and I thought okay this is going to refuel me right I had this is going to refuel me right I had this is going to refuel me right I had six to eight weeks I could take off but six to eight weeks I could take off but six to eight weeks I could take off but I didn't want to do it I was just too I didn't want to do it I was just too I didn't want to do it I was just too driven driven driven and often like by the Monday or Tuesday and often like by the Monday or Tuesday and often like by the Monday or Tuesday of getting back even when I was taking of getting back even when I was taking of getting back even when I was taking three weeks off uh the whole vacation three weeks off uh the whole vacation three weeks off uh the whole vacation would vaporize I was that statistic I would vaporize I was that statistic I would vaporize I was that statistic I wasn't quite burned out but I was wasn't quite burned out but I was wasn't quite burned out but I was exhausted it's like how did I feel so exhausted it's like how did I feel so exhausted it's like how did I feel so good last Thursday and how do I feel so good last Thursday and how do I feel so good last Thursday and how do I feel so terrible this Tuesday if you've ever terrible this Tuesday if you've ever terrible this Tuesday if you've ever been there when you've come back from been there when you've come back from been there when you've come back from vacation that's what we're talking about vacation that's what we're talking about vacation that's what we're talking about because you know this you know this because you know this you know this because you know this you know this drama right and then you know I'm not drama right and then you know I'm not drama right and then you know I'm not going to go into the story today but if going to go into the story today but if going to go into the story today but if you've been a longtime listener you know you've been a longtime listener you know you've been a longtime listener you know I hit a wall I burned out and on the

I hit a wall I burned out and on the I hit a wall I burned out and on the other side I've rebuilt my life so now I other side I've rebuilt my life so now I other side I've rebuilt my life so now I take a month off in the summer and I take a month off in the summer and I take a month off in the summer and I take a couple of other weeks off I'm take a couple of other weeks off I'm take a couple of other weeks off I'm usually six seven weeks of vacation in a usually six seven weeks of vacation in a usually six seven weeks of vacation in a year but when I come back I'm not tired year but when I come back I'm not tired year but when I come back I'm not tired anymore um I don't burn out and uh I anymore um I don't burn out and uh I anymore um I don't burn out and uh I don't know when the last time probably don't know when the last time probably don't know when the last time probably like few months ago I took a vacation I like few months ago I took a vacation I like few months ago I took a vacation I feel as good today as I did on my feel as good today as I did on my feel as good today as I did on my vacation Okay so how do you get there vacation Okay so how do you get there vacation Okay so how do you get there how do you get to the place where you're how do you get to the place where you're how do you get to the place where you're feeling as good on a random Thursday as feeling as good on a random Thursday as feeling as good on a random Thursday as you did on a Thursday by the ocean okay you did on a Thursday by the ocean okay you did on a Thursday by the ocean okay that is the question I want to solve so that is the question I want to solve so that is the question I want to solve so the problem is that time off won't heal the problem is that time off won't heal the problem is that time off won't heal you when the problem is how you spend you when the problem is how you spend you when the problem is how you spend your time on there's so much being said your time on there's so much being said your time on there's so much being said about time off I'm a fan of time off but about time off I'm a fan of time off but about time off I'm a fan of time off but I'm also a fan of time on right you I'm also a fan of time on right you I'm also a fan of time on right you can't take five sabbaths a week you can't take five sabbaths a week you can't take five sabbaths a week you can't do that and some of you you take a can't do that and some of you you take a can't do that and some of you you take a Sabbath some of you have even taken a Sabbath some of you have even taken a Sabbath some of you have even taken a sabatical right and you're you're still sabatical right and you're you're still sabatical right and you're you're still you're back and like you're back after you're back and like you're back after you're back and like you're back after three months on sabatical and you're three months on sabatical and you're three months on sabatical and you're exhausted and that's why sabatical don't exhausted and that's why sabatical don't exhausted and that's why sabatical don't work if the purpose of your sabatical is work if the purpose of your sabatical is work if the purpose of your sabatical is to recover so that you have another five to recover so that you have another five to recover so that you have another five 10 15 years left in the tank it's not 10 15 years left in the tank it's not 10 15 years left in the tank it's not going to work unless you figure out how going to work unless you figure out how going to work unless you figure out how to handle your time on so time off is to handle your time on so time off is to handle your time on so time off is not the cure for an unsustainable Pace not the cure for an unsustainable Pace not the cure for an unsustainable Pace what is a sustainable pace is the cure what is a sustainable pace is the cure what is a sustainable pace is the cure for an unsustainable Pace a lot of for an unsustainable Pace a lot of for an unsustainable Pace a lot of people know how to Vacation well they people know how to Vacation well they people know how to Vacation well they don't know how to vocation well so if

don't know how to vocation well so if don't know how to vocation well so if you think this is just normal if you you think this is just normal if you you think this is just normal if you think well every leader gets tired and think well every leader gets tired and think well every leader gets tired and that's why we have vacations and that's that's why we have vacations and that's that's why we have vacations and that's why we have annual leave and that's why why we have annual leave and that's why why we have annual leave and that's why we do sabatical well I want to tell you we do sabatical well I want to tell you we do sabatical well I want to tell you it's a terrible way to operate I it's a terrible way to operate I it's a terrible way to operate I operated there for a long time sort of operated there for a long time sort of operated there for a long time sort of redlining it and it's a bad idea I want redlining it and it's a bad idea I want redlining it and it's a bad idea I want to share a few reasons like what's at to share a few reasons like what's at to share a few reasons like what's at stake a few reasons about why it's such stake a few reasons about why it's such stake a few reasons about why it's such a that idea not to be rested when you're a that idea not to be rested when you're a that idea not to be rested when you're working okay yeah you're going to be working okay yeah you're going to be working okay yeah you're going to be rested you know how to Vacation well rested you know how to Vacation well rested you know how to Vacation well you're going to have some time with your you're going to have some time with your you're going to have some time with your family that's awesome but when you're family that's awesome but when you're family that's awesome but when you're back how do you sustain Peak Performance back how do you sustain Peak Performance back how do you sustain Peak Performance well when you're tired three things well when you're tired three things well when you're tired three things happen number one you make suboptimal happen number one you make suboptimal happen number one you make suboptimal decisions the decisions you make are decisions the decisions you make are decisions the decisions you make are just terrible I don't know about you I just terrible I don't know about you I just terrible I don't know about you I think I'm a reasonably good decision think I'm a reasonably good decision think I'm a reasonably good decision maker unless I'm tired then I make maker unless I'm tired then I make maker unless I'm tired then I make terrible decisions I say no to things terrible decisions I say no to things terrible decisions I say no to things that I should say yes to I say yes to that I should say yes to I say yes to that I should say yes to I say yes to things that I'm going to regret when things that I'm going to regret when things that I'm going to regret when they get on my calendar uh I get grumpy they get on my calendar uh I get grumpy they get on my calendar uh I get grumpy I get frustrated with my team around you I get frustrated with my team around you I get frustrated with my team around you and that's number one okay that's and that's number one okay that's and that's number one okay that's suboptimal decisions if you're tired all suboptimal decisions if you're tired all suboptimal decisions if you're tired all the time and the only time you really the time and the only time you really the time and the only time you really feel good is when you're off you're feel good is when you're off you're feel good is when you're off you're going to make sub-optimal decisions going to make sub-optimal decisions going to make sub-optimal decisions second I've already hinted at it the second I've already hinted at it the second I've already hinted at it the people around you get the worst of you people around you get the worst of you people around you get the worst of you not the best of you so you're listening not the best of you so you're listening not the best of you so you're listening to this podcast and you might be like to this podcast and you might be like to this podcast and you might be like car's a good guy but if I'm tired my car's a good guy but if I'm tired my car's a good guy but if I'm tired my family may not want to be around me my family may not want to be around me my family may not want to be around me my team might get the worst of me they team might get the worst of me they team might get the worst of me they don't get the best of me and one of my don't get the best of me and one of my don't get the best of me and one of my life goals I said this a number of years life goals I said this a number of years life goals I said this a number of years ago is I want the people closest to me

ago is I want the people closest to me ago is I want the people closest to me to have the best experience of me yeah to have the best experience of me yeah to have the best experience of me yeah like a lot of people who listen to this like a lot of people who listen to this like a lot of people who listen to this podcast I have people who follow me that podcast I have people who follow me that podcast I have people who follow me that I haven't met and they you know you've I haven't met and they you know you've I haven't met and they you know you've got people who follow you that you got people who follow you that you got people who follow you that you haven't met personally they probably haven't met personally they probably haven't met personally they probably think you're awesome but if your spouse think you're awesome but if your spouse think you're awesome but if your spouse doesn't think you're awesome if your doesn't think you're awesome if your doesn't think you're awesome if your kids don't think you're awesome if your kids don't think you're awesome if your kids don't think you're awesome if your EA and your team don't think you're EA and your team don't think you're EA and your team don't think you're awesome awesome like are you really awesome awesome like are you really awesome awesome like are you really winning I think that's losing I mean winning I think that's losing I mean winning I think that's losing I mean what does it matter if some random what does it matter if some random what does it matter if some random person in California thinks I'm person in California thinks I'm person in California thinks I'm fantastic yet my wife won't talk to me fantastic yet my wife won't talk to me fantastic yet my wife won't talk to me right I want the people around me to get right I want the people around me to get right I want the people around me to get the best of me not the worst of me and the best of me not the worst of me and the best of me not the worst of me and it's often the people closest to you who it's often the people closest to you who it's often the people closest to you who pick up all the casualties of you not pick up all the casualties of you not pick up all the casualties of you not being in an optimal place so uh you want being in an optimal place so uh you want being in an optimal place so uh you want the people around you to get the best of the people around you to get the best of the people around you to get the best of you when you're tired all the time the you when you're tired all the time the you when you're tired all the time the people around you tend to get the worst people around you tend to get the worst people around you tend to get the worst of you so that's the second thing that's of you so that's the second thing that's of you so that's the second thing that's at stake if you're leading in the red at stake if you're leading in the red at stake if you're leading in the red Zone all the time uh or on a Zone all the time uh or on a Zone all the time uh or on a semi-regular basis when you're not on semi-regular basis when you're not on semi-regular basis when you're not on vacation okay third thing you run the vacation okay third thing you run the vacation okay third thing you run the risk of making a life-altering decision risk of making a life-altering decision risk of making a life-altering decision you'll never be able to get back so this you'll never be able to get back so this you'll never be able to get back so this isn't an episode on moral failure but if isn't an episode on moral failure but if isn't an episode on moral failure but if you want to look at one of the key you want to look at one of the key you want to look at one of the key ingredients there are several okay I've ingredients there are several okay I've ingredients there are several okay I've written on this extensively we'll talk written on this extensively we'll talk written on this extensively we'll talk about it some other time one of them is about it some other time one of them is about it some other time one of them is often not always but often that leader often not always but often that leader often not always but often that leader was tired that leader wasn't thinking was tired that leader wasn't thinking was tired that leader wasn't thinking straight that leader was prepar straight that leader was prepar straight that leader was prepar perpetually exhausted and I know my perpetually exhausted and I know my perpetually exhausted and I know my judgment goes when I'm perpetually judgment goes when I'm perpetually judgment goes when I'm perpetually exhausted and I think I put myself at exhausted and I think I put myself at exhausted and I think I put myself at unnecessary risk of making a

unnecessary risk of making a unnecessary risk of making a life-altering decision I'm never going life-altering decision I'm never going life-altering decision I'm never going to be able to get back you do the same to be able to get back you do the same to be able to get back you do the same thing if you're tired all the time so thing if you're tired all the time so thing if you're tired all the time so yeah take your summer break take your yeah take your summer break take your yeah take your summer break take your vacation but if you come back and you're vacation but if you come back and you're vacation but if you come back and you're one of you know 41% of Americans who say one of you know 41% of Americans who say one of you know 41% of Americans who say now I'm exhausted you're going to make now I'm exhausted you're going to make now I'm exhausted you're going to make some real mistakes in your leadership so some real mistakes in your leadership so some real mistakes in your leadership so now the question and this is what I now the question and this is what I now the question and this is what I really want drill down on in this really want drill down on in this really want drill down on in this episode is what will help all right it's episode is what will help all right it's episode is what will help all right it's one thing to know the problem getting an one thing to know the problem getting an one thing to know the problem getting an accurate diagnosis is helpful but I want accurate diagnosis is helpful but I want accurate diagnosis is helpful but I want to give you four strategies you can use to give you four strategies you can use to give you four strategies you can use this summer to make sure that your fall this summer to make sure that your fall this summer to make sure that your fall doesn't eat you up and spit you out okay doesn't eat you up and spit you out okay doesn't eat you up and spit you out okay because we've all been there before and because we've all been there before and because we've all been there before and Co did that to a lot of leaders right it Co did that to a lot of leaders right it Co did that to a lot of leaders right it just ate them up and spit them out just ate them up and spit them out just ate them up and spit them out you're still standing congratulations you're still standing congratulations you're still standing congratulations I'm proud of you I'm in your corner so I'm proud of you I'm in your corner so I'm proud of you I'm in your corner so let's talk about four strategies you can let's talk about four strategies you can let's talk about four strategies you can use after the summer to make sure your use after the summer to make sure your use after the summer to make sure your fall doesn't eat you up and spit you out fall doesn't eat you up and spit you out fall doesn't eat you up and spit you out actually the first one you probably want actually the first one you probably want actually the first one you probably want to start now and this is what I want you to start now and this is what I want you to start now and this is what I want you to do as you're hearing this audit your to do as you're hearing this audit your to do as you're hearing this audit your year so I want you to look back over the year so I want you to look back over the year so I want you to look back over the last 12 months and I want you to do an last 12 months and I want you to do an last 12 months and I want you to do an audit not so much just a Time audit audit not so much just a Time audit audit not so much just a Time audit you're going to do a Time audit but you're going to do a Time audit but you're going to do a Time audit but you're going to pay attention to other you're going to pay attention to other you're going to pay attention to other things as well so start with a Time things as well so start with a Time things as well so start with a Time audit and ask yourself this question audit and ask yourself this question audit and ask yourself this question where did your time go this year really where did your time go this year really where did your time go this year really like look back over all of your like look back over all of your like look back over all of your appointments block out how you spent appointments block out how you spent appointments block out how you spent your time where you spent your time at your time where you spent your time at your time where you spent your time at work and at home I do a lot of travel I work and at home I do a lot of travel I work and at home I do a lot of travel I did this recently with my team we looked

did this recently with my team we looked did this recently with my team we looked at exactly how many events I did how at exactly how many events I did how at exactly how many events I did how many days I was away from home how many many days I was away from home how many many days I was away from home how many days I spent traveling etc etc then days I spent traveling etc etc then days I spent traveling etc etc then you're going to know like if you're you're going to know like if you're you're going to know like if you're having trouble balancing everything having trouble balancing everything having trouble balancing everything maybe spent too much time on the road or maybe spent too much time on the road or maybe spent too much time on the road or not enough time on the road uh maybe you not enough time on the road uh maybe you not enough time on the road uh maybe you were just caught in meetings maybe were just caught in meetings maybe were just caught in meetings maybe you're doing 20 hours a week in meetings you're doing 20 hours a week in meetings you're doing 20 hours a week in meetings maybe that's too many maybe maybe you maybe that's too many maybe maybe you maybe that's too many maybe maybe you don't know where your time went you're don't know where your time went you're don't know where your time went you're like I looked at my calendar I can't like I looked at my calendar I can't like I looked at my calendar I can't really figure it out well when you're really figure it out well when you're really figure it out well when you're unstr about your time you're going to unstr about your time you're going to unstr about your time you're going to make strategic mistakes so you want to make strategic mistakes so you want to make strategic mistakes so you want to start with a Time audit and just be start with a Time audit and just be start with a Time audit and just be brutally honest with yourself just say brutally honest with yourself just say brutally honest with yourself just say where did your time go almost almost as where did your time go almost almost as where did your time go almost almost as though you were doing some kind of though you were doing some kind of though you were doing some kind of calorie recap like okay what am I really calorie recap like okay what am I really calorie recap like okay what am I really eating that bag of chips that ice cream eating that bag of chips that ice cream eating that bag of chips that ice cream those Doritos right that dinner out with those Doritos right that dinner out with those Doritos right that dinner out with friends yeah had the appetizer and the friends yeah had the appetizer and the friends yeah had the appetizer and the dessert and the 300 calorie latte and I dessert and the 300 calorie latte and I dessert and the 300 calorie latte and I had this right you want to be super had this right you want to be super had this right you want to be super honest but this time you're doing it honest but this time you're doing it honest but this time you're doing it with your time so again that's neither with your time so again that's neither with your time so again that's neither good or bad you just want to know where good or bad you just want to know where good or bad you just want to know where you're at and this will help you figure you're at and this will help you figure you're at and this will help you figure out when you do your time audit how did out when you do your time audit how did out when you do your time audit how did you get to a place where you're either you get to a place where you're either you get to a place where you're either tired heading into your vacation or tired heading into your vacation or tired heading into your vacation or maybe you know you're doing okay but you maybe you know you're doing okay but you maybe you know you're doing okay but you want to know okay because so many people want to know okay because so many people want to know okay because so many people hang on I just got to get to my vacation hang on I just got to get to my vacation hang on I just got to get to my vacation I just got to get to my vacation your I just got to get to my vacation your I just got to get to my vacation your time audit is going to tell you how you time audit is going to tell you how you time audit is going to tell you how you got tired or how you got to where you got tired or how you got to where you got tired or how you got to where you are now so number one you're going to do are now so number one you're going to do are now so number one you're going to do a Time audit second part of that that a Time audit second part of that that a Time audit second part of that that audit is you want to look at the audit is you want to look at the audit is you want to look at the meetings how much time have you spent in

meetings how much time have you spent in meetings how much time have you spent in meetings now I don't think meetings are meetings now I don't think meetings are meetings now I don't think meetings are necessarily evil but a lot of people necessarily evil but a lot of people necessarily evil but a lot of people meetings are the enemy of work and they meetings are the enemy of work and they meetings are the enemy of work and they help us get our work done but if you're help us get our work done but if you're help us get our work done but if you're creative if you're a preacher if you're creative if you're a preacher if you're creative if you're a preacher if you're a leader if you're trying to schedule if a leader if you're trying to schedule if a leader if you're trying to schedule if you're a project manager that really you're a project manager that really you're a project manager that really significant work is not being done in significant work is not being done in significant work is not being done in meetings and I know for me I've got a meetings and I know for me I've got a meetings and I know for me I've got a specific number 12 to 15 hours a week in specific number 12 to 15 hours a week in specific number 12 to 15 hours a week in meetings period that's it that's not meetings period that's it that's not meetings period that's it that's not because I'm working a 20 hour work week because I'm working a 20 hour work week because I'm working a 20 hour work week I work a lot more than that 40 hours or I work a lot more than that 40 hours or I work a lot more than that 40 hours or more sometimes but if I'm spending more more sometimes but if I'm spending more more sometimes but if I'm spending more than 15 hours a week in meetings I'm not than 15 hours a week in meetings I'm not than 15 hours a week in meetings I'm not going to get my writing done I'm not going to get my writing done I'm not going to get my writing done I'm not going to get podcasts like this done I going to get podcasts like this done I going to get podcasts like this done I don't have enough margin in my work don't have enough margin in my work don't have enough margin in my work calendar to get my work done at work so calendar to get my work done at work so calendar to get my work done at work so part of that is taking a look at your part of that is taking a look at your part of that is taking a look at your year-to-date meetings and then look at year-to-date meetings and then look at year-to-date meetings and then look at your task list okay so we use a sauna in your task list okay so we use a sauna in your task list okay so we use a sauna in my company I don't know what you use my company I don't know what you use my company I don't know what you use maybe you keep like a a manual daytimer maybe you keep like a a manual daytimer maybe you keep like a a manual daytimer or something like that but look at your or something like that but look at your or something like that but look at your software look at your daytimer and then software look at your daytimer and then software look at your daytimer and then try to figure out wherever you keep your try to figure out wherever you keep your try to figure out wherever you keep your tasks ask yourself this question do the tasks ask yourself this question do the tasks ask yourself this question do the tasks that I have done over the last few tasks that I have done over the last few tasks that I have done over the last few months reflect my true priorities right months reflect my true priorities right months reflect my true priorities right because you got to empty that email because you got to empty that email because you got to empty that email inbox you got to respond to all the inbox you got to respond to all the inbox you got to respond to all the messages on slack you've got to you know messages on slack you've got to you know messages on slack you've got to you know respond to all the inbound you've got respond to all the inbound you've got respond to all the inbound you've got but meanwhile you're going to write a but meanwhile you're going to write a but meanwhile you're going to write a book or you going to launch a podcast or book or you going to launch a podcast or book or you going to launch a podcast or you were going to create that really you were going to create that really you were going to create that really killer series that didn't become a killer series that didn't become a killer series that didn't become a killer series it just became an other killer series it just became an other killer series it just became an other Series so do your tasks really reflect Series so do your tasks really reflect Series so do your tasks really reflect your true true priorities or have you

your true true priorities or have you your true true priorities or have you allowed your dreams to die and then allowed your dreams to die and then allowed your dreams to die and then finally as part of this you may want to finally as part of this you may want to finally as part of this you may want to look at your screen time reports on your look at your screen time reports on your look at your screen time reports on your phone laptop and other devices how much phone laptop and other devices how much phone laptop and other devices how much time have you spent on social media time have you spent on social media time have you spent on social media streaming services and apps each week streaming services and apps each week streaming services and apps each week how much of that time is productive it's how much of that time is productive it's how much of that time is productive it's a great question right as John aov my a great question right as John aov my a great question right as John aov my friend says Netflix doesn't want you to friend says Netflix doesn't want you to friend says Netflix doesn't want you to get in shape or write that book it get in shape or write that book it get in shape or write that book it doesn't it wants you to stay glued to doesn't it wants you to stay glued to doesn't it wants you to stay glued to the screen this is a you know multi the screen this is a you know multi the screen this is a you know multi trillion doll industry that is trying to trillion doll industry that is trying to trillion doll industry that is trying to keep you from doing what you actually keep you from doing what you actually keep you from doing what you actually want to accomplish with your life so want to accomplish with your life so want to accomplish with your life so take a look at your screen time so when take a look at your screen time so when take a look at your screen time so when you look at your calendar when you look you look at your calendar when you look you look at your calendar when you look at your workflow and your tasks and you at your workflow and your tasks and you at your workflow and your tasks and you look at your screen time you're going to look at your screen time you're going to look at your screen time you're going to get an idea a very honest assessment of get an idea a very honest assessment of get an idea a very honest assessment of how you spent your time so that's the how you spent your time so that's the how you spent your time so that's the time aspect of doing the audit now I time aspect of doing the audit now I time aspect of doing the audit now I want you to go a little bit further I want you to go a little bit further I want you to go a little bit further I want you to do an energy audit so this want you to do an energy audit so this want you to do an energy audit so this one's a lot more subjective I mean one's a lot more subjective I mean one's a lot more subjective I mean meetings you can measure them if you've meetings you can measure them if you've meetings you can measure them if you've got them written down you know exactly got them written down you know exactly got them written down you know exactly how much time you spend in meetings but how much time you spend in meetings but how much time you spend in meetings but your energy audit is going to be a your energy audit is going to be a your energy audit is going to be a little more subjective and maybe you little more subjective and maybe you little more subjective and maybe you want some input from other people on want some input from other people on want some input from other people on this and I want you to look back over this and I want you to look back over this and I want you to look back over your last six months to a year and ask your last six months to a year and ask your last six months to a year and ask yourself when was your energy at its yourself when was your energy at its yourself when was your energy at its best like you look at February and go best like you look at February and go best like you look at February and go man I was in the dumps in February and I man I was in the dumps in February and I man I was in the dumps in February and I don't know why I was tired all the time don't know why I was tired all the time don't know why I was tired all the time but you think about March and it's like but you think about March and it's like but you think about March and it's like March was a lot better okay well pay March was a lot better okay well pay March was a lot better okay well pay attention to that and then try to ask attention to that and then try to ask attention to that and then try to ask yourself well why was March better than yourself well why was March better than yourself well why was March better than February or maybe you notice like even a February or maybe you notice like even a February or maybe you notice like even a more a smaller pattern than that maybe

more a smaller pattern than that maybe more a smaller pattern than that maybe you notice that you know mornings I'm you notice that you know mornings I'm you notice that you know mornings I'm pretty bright by four o'clock I'm pretty bright by four o'clock I'm pretty bright by four o'clock I'm dragging my Knuckles I'm tired overall dragging my Knuckles I'm tired overall dragging my Knuckles I'm tired overall how was your energy level maybe even how was your energy level maybe even how was your energy level maybe even give it a number you know was it a 9 out give it a number you know was it a 9 out give it a number you know was it a 9 out of 10 a 4 out of 10 a six out of 10 ask of 10 a 4 out of 10 a six out of 10 ask of 10 a 4 out of 10 a six out of 10 ask yourself that question were you yourself that question were you yourself that question were you energized most days exhausted or energized most days exhausted or energized most days exhausted or depleted or if it came in waves when depleted or if it came in waves when depleted or if it came in waves when were those waves and what was true and were those waves and what was true and were those waves and what was true and then finally you want to do a commitment then finally you want to do a commitment then finally you want to do a commitment audit so you've got time energy and now audit so you've got time energy and now audit so you've got time energy and now commitments what commitments did you commitments what commitments did you commitments what commitments did you take on looking at all of this that you take on looking at all of this that you take on looking at all of this that you already know that you shouldn't have and already know that you shouldn't have and already know that you shouldn't have and then we're going to get into this how then we're going to get into this how then we're going to get into this how can you end them this year so you want can you end them this year so you want can you end them this year so you want to do your time your energy and your to do your time your energy and your to do your time your energy and your commit commit commit Now by now hopefully you do this before Now by now hopefully you do this before Now by now hopefully you do this before your summer break you've got an idea of your summer break you've got an idea of your summer break you've got an idea of how you've spent your last year that's how you've spent your last year that's how you've spent your last year that's your audit and once you have all of your audit and once you have all of your audit and once you have all of those insights you're going to learn a those insights you're going to learn a those insights you're going to learn a lot about yourself because there's the lot about yourself because there's the lot about yourself because there's the story We Tell ourselves in the head our story We Tell ourselves in the head our story We Tell ourselves in the head our heads and then there's what you actually heads and then there's what you actually heads and then there's what you actually do right what you actually do is often do right what you actually do is often do right what you actually do is often different than what you think you do and different than what you think you do and different than what you think you do and now it's it's sort of like eating as I now it's it's sort of like eating as I now it's it's sort of like eating as I said earlier there's what you thought said earlier there's what you thought said earlier there's what you thought you ate but when you track your calories you ate but when you track your calories you ate but when you track your calories as I do you're like oh that's what I as I do you're like oh that's what I as I do you're like oh that's what I really ate okay now you know all right really ate okay now you know all right really ate okay now you know all right so we can move on to strategy two number so we can move on to strategy two number so we can move on to strategy two number one is do the audit number two make some one is do the audit number two make some one is do the audit number two make some categorical decisions this is one of my categorical decisions this is one of my categorical decisions this is one of my favorite things to do extremely easy to favorite things to do extremely easy to favorite things to do extremely easy to understand very difficult to execute I understand very difficult to execute I understand very difficult to execute I say it's my favorite thing because when

say it's my favorite thing because when say it's my favorite thing because when I do it things get better when I don't I do it things get better when I don't I do it things get better when I don't do it things get worse but categorical do it things get worse but categorical do it things get worse but categorical decisionmaking is a superpower for decisionmaking is a superpower for decisionmaking is a superpower for leaders who have too much to do which leaders who have too much to do which leaders who have too much to do which these days is most leaders so what you these days is most leaders so what you these days is most leaders so what you do with categorical decisions is you do with categorical decisions is you do with categorical decisions is you make decisions about certain things that make decisions about certain things that make decisions about certain things that you just say all right I'm never going you just say all right I'm never going you just say all right I'm never going to do these or this is how I'm going to to do these or this is how I'm going to to do these or this is how I'm going to do these and by one decision you make a do these and by one decision you make a do these and by one decision you make a hundred decisions so let's start with hundred decisions so let's start with hundred decisions so let's start with meetings there's some categorical meetings there's some categorical meetings there's some categorical decisions you can make about meetings decisions you can make about meetings decisions you can make about meetings for example you might go forward and for example you might go forward and for example you might go forward and saying coming back for my summer break I saying coming back for my summer break I saying coming back for my summer break I am not going to do any meetings more am not going to do any meetings more am not going to do any meetings more than a half hour I know people who say than a half hour I know people who say than a half hour I know people who say the default for all of my meetings the default for all of my meetings the default for all of my meetings moving forward is 30 minutes I find I moving forward is 30 minutes I find I moving forward is 30 minutes I find I often need more time than 30 minutes but often need more time than 30 minutes but often need more time than 30 minutes but I almost never book anything other than I almost never book anything other than I almost never book anything other than a podcast for more than an hour um you a podcast for more than an hour um you a podcast for more than an hour um you might say okay I'm not booking any might say okay I'm not booking any might say okay I'm not booking any meetings on Mondays or Fridays or meetings on Mondays or Fridays or meetings on Mondays or Fridays or Wednesdays pick a random day categorical Wednesdays pick a random day categorical Wednesdays pick a random day categorical decision no meetings on Friday no decision no meetings on Friday no decision no meetings on Friday no meetings on Wednesday pick a day maybe meetings on Wednesday pick a day maybe meetings on Wednesday pick a day maybe two days some people do two days it's two days some people do two days it's two days some people do two days it's just like I just never do meetings so if just like I just never do meetings so if just like I just never do meetings so if someone says are you available on someone says are you available on someone says are you available on Wednesday you're like nope I'm not Wednesday you're like nope I'm not Wednesday you're like nope I'm not available so you see how that's a available so you see how that's a available so you see how that's a categorical Decision One decision that categorical Decision One decision that categorical Decision One decision that you make that really changes a lot you make that really changes a lot you make that really changes a lot that's an operative decision for 52 that's an operative decision for 52 that's an operative decision for 52 weeks a year you made it once I don't do weeks a year you made it once I don't do weeks a year you made it once I don't do meetings um other things you can do with

meetings um other things you can do with meetings um other things you can do with categorical decisions the types of categorical decisions the types of categorical decisions the types of meetings you take you might say no to meetings you take you might say no to meetings you take you might say no to like picking your brain meetings or like picking your brain meetings or like picking your brain meetings or meetings without an agenda sometimes meetings without an agenda sometimes meetings without an agenda sometimes people just want to meet you could it's people just want to meet you could it's people just want to meet you could it's perfectly normal for you to ask can you perfectly normal for you to ask can you perfectly normal for you to ask can you tell me what you want to meet about tell me what you want to meet about tell me what you want to meet about because then you know whether it's going because then you know whether it's going because then you know whether it's going to be a good use of their time and your to be a good use of their time and your to be a good use of their time and your time maybe somebody else is better time maybe somebody else is better time maybe somebody else is better positioned or maybe this is a meeting positioned or maybe this is a meeting positioned or maybe this is a meeting you really want to take so you might say you really want to take so you might say you really want to take so you might say I I just don't take meetings without an I I just don't take meetings without an I I just don't take meetings without an agenda or without a stated purpose agenda or without a stated purpose agenda or without a stated purpose another thing you can do and I've got another thing you can do and I've got another thing you can do and I've got more resources I'll tell you about that more resources I'll tell you about that more resources I'll tell you about that can help you with this but high drama can help you with this but high drama can help you with this but high drama people oh my goodness I mean there are people oh my goodness I mean there are people oh my goodness I mean there are people who are just absolutely people who are just absolutely people who are just absolutely exhausting and they're often the exhausting and they're often the exhausting and they're often the frequent flyers this might be a great frequent flyers this might be a great frequent flyers this might be a great time to draw a boundary and say I've got time to draw a boundary and say I've got time to draw a boundary and say I've got one slot a week for high drama people or one slot a week for high drama people or one slot a week for high drama people or one slot a month for high drama people one slot a month for high drama people one slot a month for high drama people and you know who I'm talking about like and you know who I'm talking about like and you know who I'm talking about like names are coming up and the problem is names are coming up and the problem is names are coming up and the problem is when you don't have boundaries or pred when you don't have boundaries or pred when you don't have boundaries or pred decisions about it you can spend all of decisions about it you can spend all of decisions about it you can spend all of your time all day long on high drama your time all day long on high drama your time all day long on high drama people not a good idea or I'll give you people not a good idea or I'll give you people not a good idea or I'll give you one more example to categorical one more example to categorical one more example to categorical decisionmaking if you're part of a large decisionmaking if you're part of a large decisionmaking if you're part of a large Church you might have to draw some Church you might have to draw some Church you might have to draw some boundaries around weddings or funerals boundaries around weddings or funerals boundaries around weddings or funerals that's something I had to do I did all that's something I had to do I did all that's something I had to do I did all of them in the beginning and then the of them in the beginning and then the of them in the beginning and then the church just got too big and by the end church just got too big and by the end church just got too big and by the end it was basically if you're not family or it was basically if you're not family or it was basically if you're not family or very very close Circle I'm probably not very very close Circle I'm probably not very very close Circle I'm probably not doing your wedding I'm probably not doing your wedding I'm probably not doing your wedding I'm probably not doing your funeral now some of you are doing your funeral now some of you are doing your funeral now some of you are already chafing at these categorical already chafing at these categorical already chafing at these categorical decisions you don't like being boxed in decisions you don't like being boxed in decisions you don't like being boxed in you think they're unfair you think you think they're unfair you think you think they're unfair you think they're difficult maybe you've got a

they're difficult maybe you've got a they're difficult maybe you've got a fear of missing out well a couple of fear of missing out well a couple of fear of missing out well a couple of things number one try time limited do things number one try time limited do things number one try time limited do that for three months and see how it that for three months and see how it that for three months and see how it works and and secondly the other thing works and and secondly the other thing works and and secondly the other thing you can do is you can make an exception you can do is you can make an exception you can do is you can make an exception if you really want to do this particular if you really want to do this particular if you really want to do this particular wedding do it if you really want to take wedding do it if you really want to take wedding do it if you really want to take that particular meeting on a Wednesday that particular meeting on a Wednesday that particular meeting on a Wednesday take it like you can do that right so take it like you can do that right so take it like you can do that right so try Tim limited and then if you really try Tim limited and then if you really try Tim limited and then if you really have to make an exception you can make have to make an exception you can make have to make an exception you can make an exception but that kind of an exception but that kind of an exception but that kind of categorical decisionmaking is categorical decisionmaking is categorical decisionmaking is gamechanging and it has really helped gamechanging and it has really helped gamechanging and it has really helped keep me out of redlining over the last keep me out of redlining over the last keep me out of redlining over the last 18 years so here's what categorical 18 years so here's what categorical 18 years so here's what categorical decision- making does it saves mental decision- making does it saves mental decision- making does it saves mental energy and a tremendous amount of time energy and a tremendous amount of time energy and a tremendous amount of time time because you've already made the time because you've already made the time because you've already made the decision Case Closed move on so that's decision Case Closed move on so that's decision Case Closed move on so that's the second strategy now the third the second strategy now the third the second strategy now the third strategy is manage your energy not just strategy is manage your energy not just strategy is manage your energy not just your time so what do we mean by that your time so what do we mean by that your time so what do we mean by that well this one's easy to understand very well this one's easy to understand very well this one's easy to understand very difficult to do everyone has 24 equal difficult to do everyone has 24 equal difficult to do everyone has 24 equal hours in the day but not all hours feel hours in the day but not all hours feel hours in the day but not all hours feel equal or produce equally so I want you equal or produce equally so I want you equal or produce equally so I want you to think of your day in three zones to think of your day in three zones to think of your day in three zones green yellow and red okay green is when green yellow and red okay green is when green yellow and red okay green is when your energy every day is at your best your energy every day is at your best your energy every day is at your best for morning people that's me that's the for morning people that's me that's the for morning people that's me that's the morning uh for night owls it might be morning uh for night owls it might be morning uh for night owls it might be the afternoon right you don't really get the afternoon right you don't really get the afternoon right you don't really get going until about 11 o'clock and then going until about 11 o'clock and then going until about 11 o'clock and then your red zone is the opposite of your your red zone is the opposite of your your red zone is the opposite of your green zone that's when you're exhausted green zone that's when you're exhausted green zone that's when you're exhausted you're tired you're dragging your you're tired you're dragging your you're tired you're dragging your knuckles yeah you're just you're kind of knuckles yeah you're just you're kind of knuckles yeah you're just you're kind of fried for me that's 4 to six most

fried for me that's 4 to six most fried for me that's 4 to six most afternoons I'm just not very good at 4 afternoons I'm just not very good at 4 afternoons I'm just not very good at 4 to six and then anytime after 900 PM to six and then anytime after 900 PM to six and then anytime after 900 PM yeah lights out I'm done okay yellow yeah lights out I'm done okay yellow yeah lights out I'm done okay yellow zone everything between green and red zone everything between green and red zone everything between green and red it's the time when you're not at your it's the time when you're not at your it's the time when you're not at your best but you're not at your worst and best but you're not at your worst and best but you're not at your worst and you can get a lot done in your yellow you can get a lot done in your yellow you can get a lot done in your yellow zone so the secret to managing your zone so the secret to managing your zone so the secret to managing your energy is to do what you're best at when energy is to do what you're best at when energy is to do what you're best at when you're at your best so when I was a you're at your best so when I was a you're at your best so when I was a preacher for over two decades I would preacher for over two decades I would preacher for over two decades I would well in the old days I used to just well in the old days I used to just well in the old days I used to just write my message whenever I could and write my message whenever I could and write my message whenever I could and that didn't work out well because when I that didn't work out well because when I that didn't work out well because when I could turned out to be too many could turned out to be too many could turned out to be too many Saturdays so when I started to really Saturdays so when I started to really Saturdays so when I started to really cooperate with managing my energy not cooperate with managing my energy not cooperate with managing my energy not just my time I protected my green zone just my time I protected my green zone just my time I protected my green zone on my calendar which for me is morning 7 on my calendar which for me is morning 7 on my calendar which for me is morning 7 to 11:00 a.m. and I would start writing to 11:00 a.m. and I would start writing to 11:00 a.m. and I would start writing my message on Monday and I would usually my message on Monday and I would usually my message on Monday and I would usually finish it by Tuesday and then because I finish it by Tuesday and then because I finish it by Tuesday and then because I was doing this systematically I started was doing this systematically I started was doing this systematically I started to work ahead and I was done a week in to work ahead and I was done a week in to work ahead and I was done a week in advance two weeks in advance and for advance two weeks in advance and for advance two weeks in advance and for years now when I'm doing a series I will years now when I'm doing a series I will years now when I'm doing a series I will be done that sermon series before it be done that sermon series before it be done that sermon series before it even starts it's finished it's off to even starts it's finished it's off to even starts it's finished it's off to production it's done that's what happens production it's done that's what happens production it's done that's what happens when you do what you're best at when when you do what you're best at when when you do what you're best at when you're at your best when do I write you're at your best when do I write you're at your best when do I write talks like this I write it in my green talks like this I write it in my green talks like this I write it in my green zone so my Red Zone I can stare at a zone so my Red Zone I can stare at a zone so my Red Zone I can stare at a screen for an hour Peck out five words screen for an hour Peck out five words screen for an hour Peck out five words that's about all I'm good for because my that's about all I'm good for because my that's about all I'm good for because my brain isn't working in my green zone I brain isn't working in my green zone I brain isn't working in my green zone I can get it done optimally and it's great can get it done optimally and it's great can get it done optimally and it's great so the secret to managing your energy is so the secret to managing your energy is so the secret to managing your energy is to figure out to track it and then do to figure out to track it and then do to figure out to track it and then do what you're best at when you're at your

what you're best at when you're at your what you're best at when you're at your best and then number four this one's best and then number four this one's best and then number four this one's really big finally find something to really big finally find something to really big finally find something to focus on outside of work so simply focus on outside of work so simply focus on outside of work so simply deciding not to work won't work okay I deciding not to work won't work okay I deciding not to work won't work okay I learned this the hard way because I'm learned this the hard way because I'm learned this the hard way because I'm like okay I'm going to take some time like okay I'm going to take some time like okay I'm going to take some time off and you know if you're at a beach it off and you know if you're at a beach it off and you know if you're at a beach it really helps but if you are just taking really helps but if you are just taking really helps but if you are just taking a Sabbath or something you're just a Sabbath or something you're just a Sabbath or something you're just sitting there it's too easy to work you sitting there it's too easy to work you sitting there it's too easy to work you got your phone handy you got your brain got your phone handy you got your brain got your phone handy you got your brain running so uh if you love your job like running so uh if you love your job like running so uh if you love your job like I do it can be hard just to decide not I do it can be hard just to decide not I do it can be hard just to decide not to work and technology has not made this to work and technology has not made this to work and technology has not made this any simpler so what do you do well what any simpler so what do you do well what any simpler so what do you do well what I would suggest is when you're not I would suggest is when you're not I would suggest is when you're not working when you're on vac your summer working when you're on vac your summer working when you're on vac your summer break when you're taking a normal day break when you're taking a normal day break when you're taking a normal day off you've got to have a hobby an off you've got to have a hobby an off you've got to have a hobby an intense activity or something that intense activity or something that intense activity or something that really takes your mind off of your work really takes your mind off of your work really takes your mind off of your work I've got a really good friend he's been I've got a really good friend he's been I've got a really good friend he's been very public about this Craig grelle I very public about this Craig grelle I very public about this Craig grelle I mean he decided he was going to take up mean he decided he was going to take up mean he decided he was going to take up Jiu-Jitsu and flying I mean you can't Jiu-Jitsu and flying I mean you can't Jiu-Jitsu and flying I mean you can't focus on anything else when somebody focus on anything else when somebody focus on anything else when somebody else is beating you up or when you're else is beating you up or when you're else is beating you up or when you're flying an aircraft it demands his full flying an aircraft it demands his full flying an aircraft it demands his full attention for me I'm a little bit less attention for me I'm a little bit less attention for me I'm a little bit less intense but like I love cycling I love intense but like I love cycling I love intense but like I love cycling I love hiking I love boating we live near a big hiking I love boating we live near a big hiking I love boating we live near a big lake I love getting out on the boat and lake I love getting out on the boat and lake I love getting out on the boat and you know what this is the final thought you know what this is the final thought you know what this is the final thought I'll leave you with when it comes to I'll leave you with when it comes to I'll leave you with when it comes to really finding something meaningful for really finding something meaningful for really finding something meaningful for your time off you should develop over your time off you should develop over your time off you should develop over the next year a 2hour vacation and I I the next year a 2hour vacation and I I the next year a 2hour vacation and I I thought about this I've got a couple of thought about this I've got a couple of thought about this I've got a couple of two-hour vacations and I want to suggest two-hour vacations and I want to suggest two-hour vacations and I want to suggest you probably do two and the question for

you probably do two and the question for you probably do two and the question for a two-hour vacation is what activity do a two-hour vacation is what activity do a two-hour vacation is what activity do you do that feels like you're on you do that feels like you're on you do that feels like you're on vacation has to be two hours or less vacation has to be two hours or less vacation has to be two hours or less doesn't have to cost a lot of money doesn't have to cost a lot of money doesn't have to cost a lot of money every time you do it so we live near a every time you do it so we live near a every time you do it so we live near a lake when I am on the lake you can be on lake when I am on the lake you can be on lake when I am on the lake you can be on our boat or it could be on a canoe we our boat or it could be on a canoe we our boat or it could be on a canoe we have a canoe as well it's like the world have a canoe as well it's like the world have a canoe as well it's like the world doesn't exist I don't know what that is doesn't exist I don't know what that is doesn't exist I don't know what that is it's kind of magic uh often movies or it's kind of magic uh often movies or it's kind of magic uh often movies or reading where you get fully engrossed in reading where you get fully engrossed in reading where you get fully engrossed in a story or a book uh that can be really a story or a book uh that can be really a story or a book uh that can be really good as well but I asked leaders this good as well but I asked leaders this good as well but I asked leaders this and I said hey what do you do that feels and I said hey what do you do that feels and I said hey what do you do that feels like a 2-hour vacation here's a list of like a 2-hour vacation here's a list of like a 2-hour vacation here's a list of ideas from other leaders okay stargazing ideas from other leaders okay stargazing ideas from other leaders okay stargazing one person said I love studying the one person said I love studying the one person said I love studying the night sky everything else disappears night sky everything else disappears night sky everything else disappears when I do it other ones said golf pickle when I do it other ones said golf pickle when I do it other ones said golf pickle ball pedicure yeah I'm not into that but ball pedicure yeah I'm not into that but ball pedicure yeah I'm not into that but hey maybe maybe that's magic for you I hey maybe maybe that's magic for you I hey maybe maybe that's magic for you I don't know I'm not judging uh for those don't know I'm not judging uh for those don't know I'm not judging uh for those of you who like that kind of thing of you who like that kind of thing of you who like that kind of thing someone said gardening uh movies someone said gardening uh movies someone said gardening uh movies swimming one guy said driving around the swimming one guy said driving around the swimming one guy said driving around the property in his tractor he's just in property in his tractor he's just in property in his tractor he's just in heaven when he's doing that someone else heaven when he's doing that someone else heaven when he's doing that someone else said a sauna I don't have a sauna but a said a sauna I don't have a sauna but a said a sauna I don't have a sauna but a lot of you do maybe or have access to lot of you do maybe or have access to lot of you do maybe or have access to one SAA does that someone else said one SAA does that someone else said one SAA does that someone else said cooking I just really lose myself when cooking I just really lose myself when cooking I just really lose myself when I'm cooking you see the point is if I'm cooking you see the point is if I'm cooking you see the point is if you're sitting on a chair trying not to you're sitting on a chair trying not to you're sitting on a chair trying not to work you're going to end up working but work you're going to end up working but work you're going to end up working but if you've got an activity like a if you've got an activity like a if you've got an activity like a two-hour vacation that refreshes you two-hour vacation that refreshes you two-hour vacation that refreshes you where the world doesn't exist wow that's where the world doesn't exist wow that's where the world doesn't exist wow that's powerful so the bottom line as we wrap powerful so the bottom line as we wrap powerful so the bottom line as we wrap up you got live in a way today that will up you got live in a way today that will up you got live in a way today that will help you thrive tomorrow that will help

help you thrive tomorrow that will help help you thrive tomorrow that will help you win the marathon ahead you want to you win the marathon ahead you want to you win the marathon ahead you want to live in a way today every day when live in a way today every day when live in a way today every day when you're not on vacation that will help you're not on vacation that will help you're not on vacation that will help you thrive tomorrow so what did we cover you thrive tomorrow so what did we cover you thrive tomorrow so what did we cover here's what you now know 41% of here's what you now know 41% of here's what you now know 41% of Americans experience burnout after Americans experience burnout after Americans experience burnout after taking time off that's what a national taking time off that's what a national taking time off that's what a national study shows 34% of Americans employed study shows 34% of Americans employed study shows 34% of Americans employed report that burnout typically sets in report that burnout typically sets in report that burnout typically sets in immediately after returning from their immediately after returning from their immediately after returning from their time off and 50% says it occurs within time off and 50% says it occurs within time off and 50% says it occurs within one week of returning this is not good one week of returning this is not good one week of returning this is not good the stakes are high when you're a tired the stakes are high when you're a tired the stakes are high when you're a tired leader after your summer break you make leader after your summer break you make leader after your summer break you make suboptimal decisions the people around suboptimal decisions the people around suboptimal decisions the people around you get the worst of you not the best of you get the worst of you not the best of you get the worst of you not the best of you you run the risk of making a you you run the risk of making a you you run the risk of making a life-altering decision you'll never be life-altering decision you'll never be life-altering decision you'll never be able to get back so what do you actually able to get back so what do you actually able to get back so what do you actually do to make it better well there's four do to make it better well there's four do to make it better well there's four things number one audit your year take a things number one audit your year take a things number one audit your year take a look at your time your energy and your look at your time your energy and your look at your time your energy and your commitments and be honest about how that commitments and be honest about how that commitments and be honest about how that how you spent that and then what gave how you spent that and then what gave how you spent that and then what gave you energy what didn't number two you're you energy what didn't number two you're you energy what didn't number two you're going to start making some categorical going to start making some categorical going to start making some categorical decisions you're going to start looking decisions you're going to start looking decisions you're going to start looking at I'm not doing meetings like this I've at I'm not doing meetings like this I've at I'm not doing meetings like this I've got a day free of meetings I'm only got a day free of meetings I'm only got a day free of meetings I'm only going to meet with this type of person going to meet with this type of person going to meet with this type of person at such and such a time and you're going at such and such a time and you're going at such and such a time and you're going to manage your energy not just your time to manage your energy not just your time to manage your energy not just your time and finally number four you're going to and finally number four you're going to and finally number four you're going to find something to focus on outside of find something to focus on outside of find something to focus on outside of work a hobby a two-hour vacation work a hobby a two-hour vacation work a hobby a two-hour vacation something that can really help you something that can really help you something that can really help you destress so that when you're not working destress so that when you're not working destress so that when you're not working you can stop working which is so hard you can stop working which is so hard you can stop working which is so hard and you're going to live in a way today and you're going to live in a way today and you're going to live in a way today that will help you thrive tomorrow hey that will help you thrive tomorrow hey that will help you thrive tomorrow hey if you found this helpful and you enjoy

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