…Or in some cases let there be white space.
Whether you are leading your business, life or family, I suggest exercising more of just one behavior that can make all the difference: manage the white space. This means:
- Giving yourself more breathing room
- Exercising the option to say no more
- Not jam-packing your day by scheduling every minute
If you’re like me – a recovering perfectionist – I sometimes schedule down time – I block an hour or two, a day or a week.
Allow downtime where you do things to foster:
- Insight
- Integration
- Reflection
- Creativity
- Renewal and Energy
If you can’t manage yourself and your own energy, then you can’t manage or lead your constituents: whether they are your board, employees, customers, spouse or children.
Since all relationships ultimately are connected to the relationship you have with yourself, and you are all you can control – it starts and ends with you.
The white space is the seed that ultimately leads to being more present. The ability to be more present will give you all the rest: answers and support you need to manage whatever comes up this year.
If 2011 was a year of challenge and transformation, 2012 promises to be a year of possibility – integrating and solving the seemingly impossible…magic!
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