1.5 liters of water ๐ง, a moderate workout ๐, and 2 protein shakes ๐ฅค.
Thatโs how I started my day (at 4:45).
Why? Read on! ๐
Itโs hard to get back to work on an empty stomach.
But thatโs whatโs happening for many of my coreligionists today who are fasting.
A lot of the stress we experience is generated by the fear of the unknown. What I often do to control my own stress levels is I ask myself, "what's the worst that could happen?"
That's the cliff. โฐ๏ธ I then start walking myself back from the cliff and reframing things.
Read MoreSaturday night, I took the 'long' route home from post-Sabbath services
It's about 2 minutes longer than if I had used the shortcut
But because of heavy rain that fell just minutes before, the shortcut was muddy and treacherous
So, I decided to take the 'long" way home to save myself the possibility of slipping and soiling myself, which would have made the 'short' way 'long' (I hope you're following me on this)
Which, come to think of it, I've been doing for most of my life
Recently, a dental crown came loose.
It filled a gap from a tooth that I lost years ago due to neglect.
Root canal and all.
Back in the day, I would brush less frequently, drink soda, and view dental visits as things to avoid.
The result was that I lost a couple of teeth and had some others that needed much help to save.
Since then, my personal dental care has improved significantly.
And, thank God, I haven't even had a cavity in quite some time.
So, when it became clear that I needed to replace the crown (and went through the process of fitting for a new one,) it brought me back to that time when it seemed like I was in for a rude awakening every time I visited the dentist.
We went to work on the "gremlin" and started the process of flipping the script.
โ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐.โ
โ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐.โ
โ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ช๐ง๐, ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ. ๐ฟ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ.โ
From there, we moved into the core objective of the session.
Read MoreIn my last post, I shared insights from a group of leaders about how to position ourselves and our businesses for coronavirus and โdisaster-proofโ our lives moving forward. This post follows along the same theme and highlights the insights of some powerful coaches.
As Smith sees it, COVID has confronted us with our core values. We have been forced to โcheck inโ with ourselves and reassess our past behaviors as we consider life moving forward. What is it that is most important to us and should be performed and engaged with more in the future? And what have we been doing that hasnโt served us and should be scaled back as we begin to emerge from quarantine?
Read MoreIn his book Atomic Habits, author James Clear explains why habits are so difficult to break.
It's because we tend to focus on surface-level actions.
Most people start by focusing on outcome-based goals like...
โI want to lose 20 pounds.โ
โI want to write a best-selling book.โ
But these are surface level changes.
Read MoreBack in 2020, I conducted a series of conversations with leading thinkers, business experts and LinkedIn influencers. I wanted to learn what we could have done (and should now be doing moving forward) to get ourselves ready -- mentally and with our businesses and learning -- to better position ourselves for this (and future) disruption.
Read MoreThe fifth and final component of this step is to be sure to lead from values. Values are the core components of a personโs deepest beliefs, the concepts that they hold most dear and that drive decision making, or at least should. When a leader takes the time to identify her deepest values, she is likelier to make satisfying choices and remain consistent in her actions and choices. Moreover, if she is effective in articulating her values then others will understand her reasoning and be more inclined to support her process.
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